Topics and Expertise: California Poison Control System (CPCS)

An animal dewormer to treat COVID? Poison control centers see uptick in calls; stores sell out

Fri Aug 27, 2021

California Poison Control sees jump in calls related to ingesting disinfectant after Trump’s comments

Thu Apr 30, 2020

UCSF Magazine inside the California Poison Control System

Fri Jun 28, 2019
Comic book illustration showing various people mired in poison emergencies and responders running to help.
Every day, 700 Californians turn to the California Poison Control System for treatment advice and information about potential, or real, exposures to poisons.

More California kids are having pot-related health scares, poison control officials warn

Tue Jul 17, 2018

Fentanyl Overdoses in Bay Area Linked to Counterfeit Painkiller

Fri Apr 29, 2016

Three eighth-grade girls hospitalized after each took about a dozen cold tablets

Fri Jun 19, 2015

Cancer drug dosing in kids, medication-related delirium, and battery swallowing take top honors at seminar

Fri May 18, 2012
Long-Boyle, Lindsay, and Birdsall

Rifkind Award winners, left-to-right: Janel Long-Boyle, PharmD, PhD; Caroline Lindsay, PharmD; Elisabeth Birdsall, PharmD

Studies of cancer drug dosing in children, possible medication links to delirium in hospital patients, and how to decide when swallowed batteries may call for invasive removal took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 14th annual Spring Research Seminar.

California Poison Control System’s emergency response role triggered by tsunami in Japan

Thu Apr 28, 2011
radiation symbol with radiating circles on top of a map of Japan

The March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan caused damage and radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

During the two weeks following Japan’s March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, the California Poison Control System (CPCS) was as visible as ever, answering telephone calls on poisoning questions.

California Poison Control System warns against potassium iodide at this time

Fri Mar 18, 2011
potassium iodide
Taking potassium iodide in reaction to any perceived threat to California of radiation exposure from Japan is not advised for California residents at this time, according to Stuart Heard, PharmD, FCSHP, a faculty member in the

California Poison Control System pharmacist warns pot alternative harmful

Mon Nov 15, 2010
California Poison Control System (CPCS) pharmacist and toxicologist Kathryn Meier, PharmD, DABAT, cites hypertension, tachycardia, anxiety as among the symptoms seen in emergency room patients who have used synthetic cannabinoids.

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