Recently published national consensus guidelines recommend that hospitals providing emergency care routinely stock 24 antidotes for a wide range of toxicities, including toxic-alcohol poisoning ...

The mechanism of action of amyl nitrite and sodium nitrite as antidotes for cyanide poisoning is to produce methemoglobinemia and vasodilation. [48] Vasodilation may contribute to their ...

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What is even more concerning is that, as of now, there is no identified antidote that can treat hydrogen sulfide poisoning. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop therapeutic agents that can be ...

The first volume provides an introduction to the series and reviews three antidotes: naloxone, a specific opioid antagonist used in the treatment of opiate poisoning; flumazenil, used to reverse the ...

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Mr Aitken would like to see ambulance crews carry the poison antidote as standard and have the relevant training to be able to recognise the signs of an overdose. It is currently not a requirement ...

There is no antidote for hemlock poisoning, but chances for survival are better with prompt treatment to flush the toxin from ...