title: Ondansetron for treating nausea and vomiting in the poisoned patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the efficacy of ondansetron for the treatment of poisoning-associated vomiting in two patients following drug intoxication.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two self-poisoned adolescent patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intravenous ondansetron.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Resolution of nausea and vomiting in both patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ondansetron appears to be a very effective antiemetic drug for use in selected intoxicated patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marx
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000506:poisoning; D000293:Adolescent; D002606:Charcoal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003078:Colchicine / Q000506:poisoning; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017294:Ondansetron / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D002606:Charcoal; D000082:Acetaminophen; D017294:Ondansetron; D003078:Colchicine