MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY

Medical  toxicology  is  a  confine of  medicine  concentrating on  toxicology  and  providing the  diagnosis,  management,  and   prevention   of   poisoning   and   other   adverse effects   due  to  medications,  occupational  and  environmental  toxicants, and  biological agents. Medical  toxicologists are tangled   in  the  evaluation and   treatment  of  a   wide variety  of  problems,  including  acute  or  chronic  poisoning,   adverse  drug   reactions (ADRs), drug overdoses, envenomation, substance  abuse, industrial accidents, and other chemical exposures. Medical toxicology is formally recognized as a medical confine by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Its professionals are physicians, whose main specialization is generally in emergency medicine, occupational medicine, or Pediatrics. Medical toxicology is intimately related to clinical toxicology, with the final discipline encompassing non-physicians as well (generally pharmacists or scientists).