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Sobredosis de fluoruro - Overview

Definición:

El fluoruro es un químico comúnmente usado para prevenir la caries dental. La sobredosis de fluoruro ocurre cuando alguien accidental o intencionalmente toma más de la cantidad normal o recomendada de esta sustancia.

Esto es sólo para fines de información y no para usarse en el tratamiento ni en el 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: fluoruro en la dieta

Elemento tóxico:

  • Fluoruro

Dónde se encuentra:

El fluoruro se encuentra en muchos medicamentos de venta libre y en medicamentos que necesitan receta, como:

  • Algunos enjuagues bucales y pastas dentales
  • Ciertas vitaminas (Tri-Vi-Flor, Poly-Vi-Flor, Vi-Daylin F)
  • Agua fluorada
  • Tabletas y líquido de fluoruro de sodio

El fluoruro también se puede encontrar en otros artículos domésticos, como:

  • Crema para grabado
  • Polvos para cucarachas

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

  • Reviewed last on: 1/20/2010
  • 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

Scalzo AJ, Blume-Odom CM. Hydrofluoric acid and other fluorides. 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 90.

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