Abstract

BOADAS MORALES, Jesús Alberto. Voluntary poisoning by strychnine. Saber [online]. 2014, vol.26, n.1, pp.88-90. ISSN 1315-0162.

The strychnine is a stimulating alkaloid of the central nervous system of restricted use in Venezuela for the elimination of dogs by the Coordination of Zoonosis of the Ministry of the Popular Power for the Health. In this paper a case is described of a patient with voluntary poisoning with a greater than lethal dose of strychnine. The opportune diagnosis and the satisfactory response to the treatment allowed to preserve the life of the patient and to limit the complications.

Keywords : Strychnos nux vomica; stimulant of the CNS; rhabdomiolisis.

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