Acute vergiftigingen bij mens en dier, Jaaroverzicht 2010 - Rivm
Acute vergiftigingen bij mens en dier, Jaaroverzicht 2010 - Rivm
Acute vergiftigingen bij mens en dier, Jaaroverzicht 2010 - Rivm
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RIVM Rapport 660100005<br />
Abstract<br />
<strong>Acute</strong> intoxications among humans and animals<br />
Annual Report <strong>2010</strong><br />
National Poisons Information C<strong>en</strong>tre<br />
The National Poisons Information C<strong>en</strong>tre (NVIC) has be<strong>en</strong> part of the National<br />
Institute for Public Health and the Environm<strong>en</strong>t (RIVM) since the c<strong>en</strong>tre’s<br />
foundation in 1959. However, from July 1st 2011 onwards, the NVIC will be part<br />
of the University Medical C<strong>en</strong>tre Utrecht (UMC Utrecht). After the transition to<br />
the UMC Utrecht, the NVIC’s position as a national and indep<strong>en</strong>d<strong>en</strong>t expert<br />
c<strong>en</strong>tre will be guaranteed. Also the NVIC’s role in disaster managem<strong>en</strong>t of<br />
calamities with chemical and nuclear substances will be preserved.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, the NVIC was consulted 42.347 times by telephone and through the<br />
website Vergiftiging<strong>en</strong>.info about a total of 55.508 exposures of humans and<br />
animals to toxic substances. The number of exposures is higher than the<br />
number of <strong>en</strong>quiries, because one <strong>en</strong>quiry may involve several people and<br />
several toxic substances. Some <strong>en</strong>quiries were related to calamities. In <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
the NVIC assisted in the disaster managem<strong>en</strong>t of more than 60 minor and major<br />
calamities in which toxic substances were released.<br />
The greater availability of paracetamol resulting from its g<strong>en</strong>eral sale has not<br />
resulted in an extra rise in the number of reported intoxications due to<br />
paracetamol. The number of <strong>en</strong>quiries on methylph<strong>en</strong>idate, a drug used for the<br />
treatm<strong>en</strong>t of ADHD, increased in <strong>2010</strong> with 34%. The number of intoxications<br />
due to the cough medicine dextromethorphan nearly doubled in <strong>2010</strong>. This<br />
increase was caused especially by a rise in the number of <strong>en</strong>quiries about<br />
te<strong>en</strong>agers. Dextromethorphan can be abused as an hallucinog<strong>en</strong>ic drug.<br />
The number of reported intoxications due to nutmeg tripled in <strong>2010</strong>. There is no<br />
clear explanation for this sudd<strong>en</strong> rise. Following a decrease in the preceding two<br />
years, the number of <strong>en</strong>quiries on magic mushrooms increased as well in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, the NVIC was consulted about 3822 exposures of animals to toxic<br />
substances. Dogs and cats were the main victims of acute intoxications.<br />
Key words:<br />
poisonings, calamities, medicines, household products, cosmetics, pesticides,<br />
industrial products, plants, fungi, drugs<br />
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