Sunday 21 October 2012

Antidotes to common poisons

Iron

  • Desferrioxamine - formation of inert complex

Paracetamol
  • N-acetylcysteine - accelerates detoxification

Methanol
  • Ethanol - competes with metabolic enzymes

Organophosphates 
  • Atropine - blocks receptors which mediate toxic effect

Opiates
  • Naloxone - drug receptor antagonist

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