Propyl alcohol overdose

Home treatment:

Call Poison Control. DO NOT INDUCE EMESIS (VOMITING) UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY Poison Control.

Before calling emergency:

Determine the following information:

• the patient's age, weight, and condition
• the name of the product (ingredients and strengths if known)
• the time it was swallowed
• the amount swallowed

Poison Control, or a local emergency number:

They will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

What to expect at the emergency room:

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed.

• Administer activated charcoal.
• Administer a laxative.
• Use gastric lavage.
• Treat breathing difficulties.
• Check blood levels of propanolol.
• Maintain blood pressure.
• Use dialysis.
• Treat the symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis):

If the patient survives over 72 hours, complete recovery is very likely.