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Pokeweed


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•	Symptoms & Signs
•	Poisonous Ingredient
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•	Home Treatment
•	Before Calling Emergency
•	Poison Control, or a Local Emergency Number
•	What to Expect at the Emergency Room
•	Prognosis or Expectations
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Alternate Names : American Nightshade, Inkberry, Pigion Berry, Pokeberry

Where Found

various varieties of pokeweed

Note: this plant may have other names.

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• Definition
• Symptoms & Signs
• Poisonous Ingredient
• Where Found
• Home Treatment
• Before Calling Emergency
• Poison Control, or a Local Emergency Number
• What to Expect at the Emergency Room
• Prognosis or Expectations

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Tests & Exams

• Gastric Suction

Other Topics

• Abdominal Pain
• Blood Pressure - Low
• Breathing Difficulties - First Aid
• Breathing Difficulty
• Diarrhea
• Drooling
• Headache
• Muscle Cramps
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Poison Control Centers - Emergency Number
• Pulse - Bounding
• Respiratory
• Seizures
• Weakness

Review Date : 1/14/2002
Reviewed By : Victoria Kennedy, RN, A.D.A.M. editorial.

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