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muscarine toxicity (muscarine poisoning)
Etiology:
1) mushrooms
2) medications
3) organophosphate poisoning
Clinical manifestations:
- diaphoresis
- salivation
- bladder cramping
- diarrhea
- difficulty with visual accomodation
Management:
- stop or reduce offending medication(s)
- atropine for mushroom poisoning (also see mushroom poisoning)
Related
muscarine
organophosphate toxicity
General
toxicity; poisoning; overdose
References
- Stallard D and Edes TE
Muscarinic poisoning from medications and mushrooms. A puzzling
symptom complex.
Postgrad Med. 1989 Jan;85(1):341-5.
PMID: 2911548
- WebMD: Atropine Oral
http://www.medscape.com/druginfo/monograph?cid=med&drugid=6687&drugname=Atropine+Oral&monotype=monograph&secid=3