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Home Treatment: Seek emergency medical care immediately. Call Poison Control. You may be instructed to make the person throw up (vomit). If there is skin exposure, wash the area well with soap and water. Before Calling Emergency: Text Continues Below Determine the following information: The patient's age, weight, and condition Name of product (as well as the ingredients and strength if known) When it was swallowed or inhaled The amount swallowed or inhaled Poison Control, or a local emergency number: If you suspect possible poisoning, call 1-800-222-1222 anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions. This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the U.S. use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Take any containers with you to the emergency room, if possible. See poison control centers. What to expect at the emergency room: Some or all of the following procedures may be performed: May administer activated charcoal. May administer a laxative. May use gastric lavage (pump the stomach). Will treat other symptoms. Expectations (prognosis): Overdose may cause seizures. Recovery depends on the dose, the amount of time before treatment, and severity of seizures. An overdose may be fatal. Unless there are complications, long-term effects from nicotine are uncommon.

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