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Sobredosis de cremas para deportes - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Sobredosis de Mentol y metilsalicilato; Sobredosis de Ben-Gay; Sobredosis de salicilato de metilo y mentol

Definición:

Las cremas para deportes son fármacos a base de cremas o ungüentos utilizados para tratar achaques y dolores. La sobredosis de cremas para deportes se presenta cuando alguien accidental o intencionalmente utiliza más de la cantidad normal o recomendada de este producto.

Elemento tóxico:

  • Mentol
  • Salicilato de metilo

Ver también: sobredosis de salicilato de metilo

Dónde se encuentra:

Los salicilatos de metilo y el mentol se encuentran en muchas cremas analgésicas de venta libre.

  • Fecha de revisión: 10/29/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Michael JB. Deadly pediatric poisons: nine common agents that kill at low doses. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2004;22(4):1019-1050.

Mokhlesi B, et al. Adult toxicology in critical care: Part II: specific poisonings. Chest. 2003;123(3):897-922.

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