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IN AN EMERGENCY

Immediately call the Poison Experts at 1.800.222.1222 if you or another person may have been poisoned-even if you are not sure. Don't wait for the person to become sick and don't try to treat the person yourself.

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6 out of 10 poison exposures involve medicine. Take
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Iowa Poison Control answers calls from prescription drugs to Tide Pod poisoning

KMEG 14 Sioux City/Abbey Taylor SIOUX CITY, Iowa — In most emergencies, people will call 911. While that's fine for car crashes or heart attacks, if it's something like accidentally inhaling cleaning supplies or taking the wrong medication there's a different number you should be calling. "Certainly you should be...

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Iowa Poison Control Center

401 Douglas Street, Ste. 501
Sioux City, IA 51101

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Our Mission

To reduce illness, deaths and costs associated with poisoning through providing statewide 24-hour emergency telephone advice, poison prevention information and education. We are proud to serve as your statewide poison control center and we are committed to providing a quality poison control service for the state of Iowa. Feel free to contact us anytime and remember, help is just a phone call away. Call us today at 1.800.222.1222.

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