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Is A Dosage Of 500 Mg Of Zolfresh Fatal?

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Posted on Fri, 5 May 2017
Question: hi, if anyone take 500mg zolefresh will it leads to death ? if he has to survive in how many hours we have to take hospital.
(This is for my friend)
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (26 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Can be lethal

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
Maximum dose for zolfresh is up to 80 to 100 mg. A person who has taken 50 tablets of Zolfresh 10 must be taken immediately to emergency room without any delay.& needs gastric lavage and symptomatic management depending on symptoms. Also Cardio-respiratory arrest leading to immediate death, If not taken care of immediately. it is best to take him to ER within an hour.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (6 hours later)
if we do not take hospital with in 6 to 7 hours, person will die?
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (6 hours later)
Brief Answer:
High chances of death are there.

Detailed Answer:
Hello.
Thanks for writing again.
High chances of death are there if the person is not habituated to taking zolfresh in which case he can develop a resistance.
Hope my answer is helpful.
Do accept my answer in case there are no further queries.
Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (6 hours later)
if the person is taking first time that medicine and he has taken 400 or 500 mg. if we do not take hospital with in 7 hrs. he can develop any resistance, Is there any chances to survive.
(sorry for asking again)
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Less chances of survval.

Detailed Answer:
If he has taken for the first time then there s no chance of developing resistance. The chances of death n 7 hours are more than 50%.
Regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Is A Dosage Of 500 Mg Of Zolfresh Fatal?

Brief Answer: Can be lethal Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for posting your query. Maximum dose for zolfresh is up to 80 to 100 mg. A person who has taken 50 tablets of Zolfresh 10 must be taken immediately to emergency room without any delay.& needs gastric lavage and symptomatic management depending on symptoms. Also Cardio-respiratory arrest leading to immediate death, If not taken care of immediately. it is best to take him to ER within an hour. I hope this answers your query. In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out. Wishing you good health. Regards. Dr. Praveen Tayal. For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal