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Sobredosis de óxido de zinc - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Sobredosis de Desitin; Sobredosis de loción de calamina; Sobredosis de Zinaderm; Sobredosis de Amalox; Sobredosis de Azo 22

Definición:

El óxido de zinc es un ingrediente en muchos productos, incluyendo ciertas cremas y ungüentos empleados para prevenir o tratar quemaduras e irritaciones cutáneas menores. La sobredosis de zinc ocurre cuando alguien ingiere este medicamento en forma accidental o intencional.

Esto es sólo para fines de información y no para usarse en el tratamiento o manejo de una exposición tóxica real. Si usted sufre una exposición, debe llamar al número local de emergencias (tal como 911 en los Estados Unidos) o al Centro Nacional de Toxicología (National Poison Control Center ) a la línea 1-800-222-1222.

Ver también: sobredosis de bacitracina zinc

Elemento tóxico:

Óxido de zinc

Dónde se encuentra:

El óxido de zinc se puede encontrar en muchos productos diferentes, como:

  • Ungüentos de óxido de zinc
  • Medicamentos para la dermatitis del pañal
  • Medicamentos para las hemorroides
  • Lociones para la piel
  • Loción de Calamina
  • Loción Caladryl
  • Loción de protector solar
  • Cosméticos
  • Pintura
  • Productos de caucho
  • Revestimiento de papel

Nota: es posible que esta lista no los incluya a todos.

  • Reviewed last on: 1/16/2010
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Holland MG. Pulmonary toxicity. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 9.

Hall AH, Shannon MW. Other heavy metals. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 75.

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