By Lewis Nelson, MD

Dr. Nelson is director of the medical toxicology fellowship and associate director of the New York City Poison Control Center. He is also an assistant professor in the department of surgery/emergency medicine at New York University School of Medicine.

•  August 2004: Pool Prep Peril
  
  
•  October 2002: No Cause for Ecstasy
  
  
•  May 2002: Herbicide Poisoning
  
  
•  May 2001: Crotalid Snakebite
  
  
•  February 2001: Overdoses Involving Cardiovascular Drugs
  
  
•  January 2001: Toxin-Induced Vision Loss
  
  
•  October 2000: Nitroprusside Toxicity
  
  
•  May 2000: Carbon Dioxide Poisoning