Alkavervir (Veriloid(R)), a new derivative of veratrum viride was used in the treatment of hypertension in ten children with acute nephritis. The patients had a variety of complications associated with hypertension-heart failure, convulsions, vomiting and headache. In all of them the blood pressure
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the types, frequency and severity of plant poisonings in Switzerland over 29 years.
METHODS
Retrospective analysis of severe poisonings with toxic plants reported to the Swiss Toxicological Information Center (STIC). Assessment of the causality, severity of symptoms and the
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