A suicide attempt by ingestion of oleander leaves and treatment with digoxin-specific Fab antibody fragments - Kova čević T, Polić B, Ardalić T, Petrović D, Stricević L, Rogulj M, Markić J.

Natural cardiac glycosides have positive inotropic heart effects but at high, toxic doses they can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Here we present the first Croatian case of a 16-year-old girl who attempted suicide by eating dried oleander leav...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news