Overdose of racemenol and methyl salicylate was observed mainly in children, with the occasional ingestion of drugs containing these substances, with external application is rare and only when the drug is misused (application to mucous membranes,on large areas of damaged or infected skin).
Symptoms of methyl salicylate overdose: excitation, increased depth of breathing, hyperpyrexia.
Symptoms of an overdose of racemetol: nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting and symptoms of CNS depression, such as dizziness, unstable gait, flushing of the face, drowsiness, respiratory depression and coma.
Treatment symptomatic and supportive; correction of electrolyte and water balance, the appointment of absorbents and salt laxatives, forced diuresis, external cooling of the body; in severe cases - blood transfusion, hemodialysis.