Poisoning Caused by Medicines and Drugs of Abuse

Dear Colleagues,

Poisoning has always been a part of human life. The causes and scientific understanding of poisoning has changed over time, and with them the opportunities for its correct diagnosis and treatment.

Drug poisoning causes harmful effects on the health of certain therapeutic drugs, resulting either from overdose or from the sensitivity of specific body tissues to regular doses (side effects).

Chronic poisoning is by far the most common “intoxication” affecting our society in this broad sense of the term, but also acute intoxication represents an ongoing challenge.

If tobacco and alcohol are mainly involved in the first case, in the second case, the causes of acute poisoning change over time. Some substances that were once very common causes of poisoning are now only rarely so. Newer medications, illegal drugs, technical products, such as cleaning agents and cosmetics, and new consuming habits (both intentional and unintentional) have also changed the overall picture substantially.

This Special Issue aims to highlight and collect research on the established knowledge, as well as on open issues, regarding drug poisoning; it aims to depict the state of art and also provide new starting points for future advances.

This Special Issue welcomes any original research articles, reviews and short communications (without limits to word length) that focus on the mechanisms of poisoning (accidental or not accidental); acute or chronic exposure; identifications of medicine or illicit drugs; diagnosis and therapeutic options; medical and social solutions. Studies that use metagenomics and metabolomics are encouraged, as well as those establishing predictive tools for monitoring health impacts.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Bertol
Dr. Claudia Trignano
Guest Editors

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