Poisoning is defined as the state resulting from the administration of excessive amounts of any pharmaceutical agent. For many healthcare professionals, it denotes exposure to a substance which is a danger to health or life. A poison may be a drug, household product, industrial chemical, or plant or animal derivative. The most common route of poisoning is by ingestion, but poisoning by inhalation, injection, skin/eye contamination, or bites may also occur1 .
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/doctor/emergency-medicine/acute-poisoning-general-measures