Inhalational methanol toxicity in pregnancy treated twice with fomepizole.
We describe a pregnant patient with a long history of inhalant abuse who came to our hospital twice during her pregnancy. In both admissions, she was treated with fomepizol (4-MP), a newly available alcohol dehydrogenase antagonist for treatment of ethylene glycol poisoning.
Velez
Larissa I
LI
Division of Emergency Medicine, Toxicology Section, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and The North Texas Poison Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8579, USA.
Kulstad
Erik
E
Shepherd
Greene
G
Roth
Brett
B
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D000931:Antidotes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D000077604:Fomepizole; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D000432:Methanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000931:Antidotes; D011720:Pyrazoles; D000077604:Fomepizole; D000432:Methanol