PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Parker, A J
AU  - Lee, J B
AU  - Redman, J
AU  - Jolliffe, L
TI  - Strychnine poisoning: gone but not forgotten
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2009.080879
DP  - 2011 Jan 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 84--84
VI  - 28
IP  - 1
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/1/84.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/1/84.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2011 Jan 01; 28
AB  - Strychnine was used as a pesticide until 1968 and a rodenticide until 2006 when its sale was banned throughout the EU and all supplies recalled. A case of strychnine poisoning seen in a UK emergency department in 2009 is reported to remind clinicians of the features and management of this increasingly rare presentation. Prompt recognition and early intensive supportive therapy can result in a favourable outcome.