A 43-year-old member asked:
What is the treatment for loratadine overdose?
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Dr. William Walshanswered
Addiction Medicine 19 years experience
Supportive care: Gastric lavage with activated charcoal is useful and safe only for intubated patients, as charcoal aspiration is a risk. There are no antidotes, and dialysis is ineffective, so we simply support systems if they fail. Ie a breathing machine, drugs for cardiac arythmias, etc.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
What is the treatment for Claritin (loratadine) overdose?
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Dr. Andrew Murphyanswered
Allergy and Immunology 31 years experience
Depends: Any overdose by any medication needs to be evaluated immediately. The treatment will depend upoin what is ingested, how much is injested and how it was injested.
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