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Toxicology Question
A 32-year-old man is brought to the emergency department because of confusion, wheezing, vomiting, and diarrhea for the past 6 hours. He is sweating and salivating profusely. There is generalized muscle weakness. Which of the following substances is the most likely cause of these findings?
(A) Glutethimide (B) Heroin (C) Jimson weed (belladonna alkaloids) (D) Parathion (E) Phencyclidine (PCP) 
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this looks like a cholinergic crisis
I choose parathion
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thank u for this question
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yeah i'd go with kalpana. the symptoms looks straight out from the first aid organophosphate poinsoning. thank u for the question.
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Parathion, I absolutely agree
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