Overview
- In December 2024, the then–7-year-old injected about 60% of a prefilled GLP-1 pen belonging to her mother after mistaking it for stomach medicine.
- Her family called Poison Control and she was treated in the ER with IV fluids for vomiting and dehydration, initially discharged, then readmitted as symptoms returned.
- During readmission she stopped urinating and doctors monitored for kidney complications; there is no antidote for GLP-1 overdose and treatment is supportive.
- She recovered after several days in the hospital, and her mother now keeps the medication secured in a locked container.
- Poison-control centers report sharp increases in exposures, with Indiana calls doubling from 2024 to 2025 to about 320 and national reports climbing nearly 1,500% since 2019.