[ noun ] a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning) <noun.artifact>
Ipecac \Ip"e*cac\ ([i^]p"[-e]*k[a^]k), n. An abbreviation of {Ipecacuanha}, and in more frequent use.
Pediatricians could increase home supplies by regularly dispensing ipecac, wrote Malloy and Rhoads, but only 7 percent of doctors they interviewed in the Washington, D.C., area did so.
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a nationwide recall of one-ounce bottles of Humco brand ipecac syrup because some bottles instead contained toxic eucalyptus oil.
It also warned that HUMCO brand ipecac syrup should be replaced with another brand, because that company has mistakenly labeled potentially deadly eucalyptus oil as syrup of ipecac.
It also warned that HUMCO brand ipecac syrup should be replaced with another brand, because that company has mistakenly labeled potentially deadly eucalyptus oil as syrup of ipecac.
The manufacturer, Humco Laboratory of Texarkana, Texas, undertook the recall Friday after Thrift Drug Co. in Pittsburgh reported to the FDA that seven bottles labeled as ipecac had been found to instead contain eucalyptus oil.