Acetaminophen and Codeine
Alternate Names : Tylenol # 3
What to Expect at the Emergency Room
- For swallowed poison
- Placement of a tube down the nose and into the stomach (a nasogastric tube, or an NG tube) to wash out the stomach (gastric lavage).
- Activated charcoal administration.
- Give IV fluids.
- Admission to the hospital.
- For Tylenol, N-Acetyl cysteine is given if the blood Tylenol level is high enough. Without the antidote, the patient has fatal liver failure.
- Treat the symptoms.
- Give a counteracting medication (narcotic antagonist). Multiple doses may be needed.
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