The Arkansas Poison Control Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) answers telephone calls for help at all hours and from all over Arkansas. Quick answers on the telephone can save poison victims in about 80 percent of cases, according to Howell Foster, Pharm.D., managing director of the center.

The center is part of a network of 70 poison control centers connected to a single hotline telephone number: 1-800-222-1222. Other numbers that can reach the poison control center are: 1-800-376-4766 (1800-3POISON) and 501-686-6161.

Getting Help in a Poisoning Emergency
- Here's to Your Health
Getting help fast in a poisoning emergency is the topic of these audio files. Dr. Foster, an associate professor in the UAMS College of Pharmacy, discusses the most common types of poison exposure and provides tips on how to avoid household poisoning accidents. These audio files were originally produced for UAMS' Here's to Your Health radio program. These programs were first broadcast March 18-22, 2002.

Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222
Poison Control: The Arkansas Center
Poison Control: "Dose Makes the Poison"
Poison Control: Avoiding Accidents
Poison Control: Strictly Confidential