Substance Use & Misuse · 2000 · 40 citations · 11 references
Public HealthPediatricsToxicologyPoisoning PreventionSubstance Use DisordersSubstance Use PreventionDrug Overdose ManagementDrug Overdose PreventionOverdose PreventionPediatric ToxicologyPoisoning SurveillanceSubstance Abuse PreventionChild-resistant ContainersDrug Overdose In ChildrenFatal PoisoningMethadone ToxicologyOver-the-counter Medication SafetyOver-the-counter Medication UsePediatric Drug ExposurePediatric Poisoning Surveillance
The prevention of accidental poisoning by prescribed an over-the-counter medication has been successfully addressed by the use of child-resistant containers. Nevertheless. accidental methadone poisoning in children remains a problem. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland has investigated four deaths in children due to methadone poisoning over a 4-year period. Three of the cases occurred within a 3-month period. Two victims accidentally ingested methadone within 3 days of each other. The authors address the continuing danger of methadone poisoning to children and identify factors contributing to this problem.
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C. Henry Kempe · JAMA · 1962 · 3.1K citations
Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry +15
Methadone deaths in children. A continuing problem.
John E. Smialek, Joseph R. Monforte, Regine Aronow et al. · PubMed · 1977 · 50 citations
John E. Smialek · JAMA · 1977 · 48 citations