A 2-year-old boy was flown to hospital after he ate up to 50 ibuprofen pills on Great Barrier Island yesterday.
Paramedic Stefan Gabor said the boy had been left in a car for a short time alone around 7pm.
When his mum came back he had a "chalky mouth" and had gotten into nurofen and Clonazepam, a drug used to treat anxiety.
His mum knew how much medication was gone and estimated he could have had up to 50 tablets.
She took him to a Claris medical centre and the doctor called the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
Gabor, 43, said that even though the boy was in quite a good mood he was in serious condition due to the amount of medicine he had potentially consumed.
"We transported him to Starship Hospital.
"He was happy, he liked the flight. He was looking around sitting on mum's lap with his toys in his hands.
"He was in a serious condition because of the potential amount of medication he had. [His] mum was pretty sure how many were missing. He had enough to be a cause of concern."
