Aconitine poisoning

Aconitine poisoning: how soon does it show?

Minutes to two hours, through the skin too.

How does it run?

Tingling and numbness of the mouth and limbs, vomiting, then fatal arrhythmias; the alkaloid holds the sodium channels of nerve and heart open. Among the quickest plant poisons in Europe.

What is done for it?

Supportive; amiodarone or flecainide for the arrhythmia; the heart kept going by machine where it can be.

Historical and descriptive, not medical advice. In a poisoning, call a poison centre or emergency services.

Which substances in the database cause it?

A

PlantAconiteWolfsbane, monkshood; Greek akoniton Aconitum napellus and its relatives, of the buttercup family.Caution

W

PlantWhite helleboreElleboro bianco Veratrum album, false hellebore, of the family Melanthiaceae, unrelated to black hellebore (Ranunculaceae).CanaleCaution