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| | #REDIRECT [[Amyl nitrite#Overdosage]] |
| {{Amyl nitrite}}
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| {{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{PB}}
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| ===Symptons===
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| Inhaled doses of 5 to 10 drops of amyl nitrite may cause violent flushing of the face, accompanied by a feeling of imminent bursting of the head and very excessive heart action. The inhalation of larger amounts may produce a feeling of suffocation and muscular weakness. Symptons comparable to shock may be produced such as weakness, restlessness sweating pallor nausea vomiting snycope and incontinence attributable to pooling of blood in the postarteriolar vessels and failure of the venous blood to return to the heart.
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| ===Treatment===
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| Measures which facilitate venous return such as head low posture, deep breathing and movement of extremities may be used. The use of epinephrine aggravates the shock like reaction. Methylene blue should be injected for treatment of severe methemoglobinemia with dyspnea. For treating cyanide poisoning, methylene blue is contraindicated where nitrites cause iatrogenic methemoglobinemia.
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| <ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = AMYL NITRITE INHALANT [JAMES ALEXANDER CORPORATION] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=c1b6e536-df5f-4f76-8e3c-6dc2f1e9975e | publisher = | date = | accessdate = 30 January 2014 }}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist|2}}
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| [[Category:Drugs]]
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