The golden rule of toxicology
“Treat the patient, not the poison.”
The first principle of medicine
“First, do no harm.
Drugs with more significant toxicity in chronic exposure
Aspirin, theophylline, lithium, digoxin
To be removable by dialysis, the toxin must have-
high water solubility, small size, small volume of distribution, and relatively low protein binding.
I STUMBLED mnemonic for dialysis
Isopropanol, Salicylates, Theophylline, Uremia, Methanol,
Barbiturates & Bromides, Lithium, Ethylene Glycol & Ethanol, Depakote (valproate).