What Is an Antidote?

Antidote refers to the substance that can detoxify. It can be divided into solid or liquid.

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Antidote refers to the substance that can detoxify. It can be divided into solid or liquid.

Chinese name: Antidote
Purpose: Detoxification

Common poison: Carbon monoxide
Country: China

Antidote refers to a substance that can detoxify .

Aiming at the pathogenesis of poisoning, it is a special-effect drug or antagonistic drug for detoxification. There are:

Detoxifiers for organophosphorus pesticide poisoning, such as cholinesterase reactivator and anticholinergic agents (atropine, anisodamine hydrobromide, brompenoxine);

Sodium fluoroacetate and fluoroacetamide are moderate antidote, such as glycerol acetate and acetamide;

Antidote for cyanide poisoning, such as sodium nitrite-sodium thiosulfate, hydroxycobalamin and chlorocobalamin;

Methemoglobin reducing agents, mainly blue and benzylamine;

Metal complexing agents, such as disodium calcium edetate can drive lead, sodium dimercaptopropanesulfonate, sodium dimercaptosuccinate and penicillamine can drive lead, mercury and arsenic.

Common poisons and corresponding antidote are:

Cyanide: isoamyl nitrite, pyruvate, sodium nitrite or thiosulfate;

Carbon monoxide: oxygen;

Methanol: ethanol or methylpyrazole;

Ethylene glycol: ethanol or metazole

Heavy metals: chelating agents such as calcium sodium edetate, dimercaptopropanol, penicillamine, dimercaptosuccinic acid;

Anticholinergic substance: toxic lentine;

Atropine: anti-cholinesterase and chlorhexidine;

Benzodiazepines: Flumazenil;

beta-blockers: glucagon;

Digoxin: antigen-binding fragment;

Paracetamol: N -acetylcysteine;