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Toxic to toddlers.(Did You Know?)(Brief Article)
Accidental ingestion of just one pill or teaspoonful of certain drugs is toxic enough to kill a 22-pound child. Forty percent of toddler deaths reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers between 1990 and 2000 involved such toxic medicines, according to a recent analysis. Special caution is needed with antipsychotics (chlorpromazine, thioridazine); calcium channel ...
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