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Home Treatment: There is no home treatment. Use standard first-aid and CPR for signs of shock or cardiac arrest. Contact your local emergency number (such as 911) or Poison Control (1-800-222-1222) immediately. Before Calling Emergency: Text Continues Below Determine the following information: The patient's age, weight, and condition The name of the product (ingredients and strengths if known) The time it was swallowed The amount swallowed Poison Control, or a local emergency number: The Poison Control or local emergency telephone representative will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. The national Poison Control hotline can be reached at 1-800-222-1222. Take the container with you to the emergency room. What to expect at the emergency room: Some or all of the following procedures may be performed: Use of gastric lavage Administration of an antidote (ethanol or fomepizole) Dialysis Treatment of symptoms Expectations (prognosis): Death may occur within the first 24 hours. If patient survives, there may be little or no urine output for several weeks before the kidneys recover. Any brain damage may be permanent.

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