Should acute gold overdose be invariably treated?
Acute gold overload is rare and its clinical and pathophysiological consequences are not well delineated. Consequently the therapeutic approach has not been formulated. We describe 2 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in whom an acute gold overload was inadvertently administered. Their subsequent course, without specific treatment, was benign and uneventful. We suggest that with similar cases a conservative approach of watchful expectancy be adopted.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006046:Gold / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors; D008875:Middle Aged
D006046:Gold