NUR130 - Aspirin Poisoning

Course overview

Aspirin is considered by many people to be an old-fashioned drug, but although it’s no longer as popular in the United States as it once was, it is a drug that is still commonly used and abused. The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) collects exposure data from all the poison control centers in the United States. In 2002, the AAPCC recorded over 15,000 toxic exposures to aspirin, alone or in combination with other drugs, and there were 44 fatalities. All of the fatal cases involved adults 17 or older.