Child Took Wrong Medicine Accidentally. Any Risk Other Than Diarrhea?

Posted on Tue, 5 Feb 2013

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Question : My toddler just took one of my fathers 10 mg Crestor pills.
Poison control said I should only expect diarrhea, can you confirm.
Thank you

Answered by Dr. Dr. Michelle Gibson (-4 hours later)

HI, thanks for using healthcare magic

Crestor is used in older children from age 10 who have problems with elevated cholesterol.
The dose can range from 5 mg to 40mg, so a 10mg dose is low. If he had ingested a higher dosage or there was a history of multiple ingestions then there would a risk of more serious side effects.
As the poison control stated he may experience a small episode of diarrhoea but there should be no other side effects at that dose.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar