Cultivation and utilization of
ipecac In West Bengal.
The equipment and indication for gastric lavage were inappropriate in 34 out of 37 cases and, although no longer recommended, syrup of
ipecac was administered to induce emesis in 3 cases.
Some drugs are given to deliberately cause vomiting: hypertonic salt solutions or
ipecac syrup used to be recommended for inducing vomiting in cases of accidental ingestion of poisons.
Ipecac Severe and constant nausea that is unrelieved by vomiting.
With the exception of witnessed ingestions of highly toxic plants, there are few indications for the induction of vomiting using syrup of
ipecac.
Ipecac administration is absolutely contraindicated in obtunded or seizing patients who have lost upper airway protective reflexes and are at risk of pulmonary aspiration.
Compounds that block NK-1 receptors, including vofopitant, CP-122,721, CJ-11,794, fosaprepitant (L758,298), aprepitant (MK-869), and casopitant, reduce emesis following cisplatin,
ipecac, apomorphine, and radiation therapy (8), (11).
If your child does eat a plant, even if you know it is toxic, then giving her
ipecac or anything else to make her vomit is no longer recommended.
"So, for example, our data will show that we do not sell a lot of smelling salts or
ipecac syrup," Trappani says.
Popular plant-based drugs include
Ipecac, which contains the roots and rhizome of the Brazilian plant ipecacuanha, ExLax, containing senna imported primarily from India, Sudan and Egypt, and Metamucil, which contains psyllium, generally from India.
So I tore through the medicine cabinet, swallowed
ipecac syrup and started throwing up.
* Pack first-aid supplies such as sunscreen, hand sanitizer, paper towels, adhesive bandages, antiseptic cream, bottled water, baby wipes, syrup of
ipecac, plastic bags, extra ponchos or rain jackets, a cell phone with extra batteries.
It is not uncommon to find persons with eating disorders misusing or abusing diuretics, laxatives,
ipecac, or diet pills to manipulate their weight.