In a recent study utilizing NPDS data, what toxic substance was found to induce methemoglobinemia and has had an increasing exposure incidence due accessibility and promotion on social media for use in suicide?
Sodium nitrite
McCann SD, Tweet MS, Wahl MS. Rising incidence and high mortality in intentional sodium nitrite exposures reported to US poison centers. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2021 Dec;59(12):1264-1269. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2021.1905162. Epub 2021 Mar 31. PMID: 33787434.
Contributed by: Florida/USVI Poison Information Center-Jacksonville Toxicology Fellowship
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