Also for use as an antidote in poisoning by CNS depressants, especially barbiturates.Ī mercaptodicarboxylic acid heavy metal chelator used in the treatment of heavy metal poisoning.Ī chelator used to treat Wilson's disease, cystinuria, and rheumatoid arthritis.Ī cholinesterase inhibitor used to diagnose and evaluate myasthenia gravis.Ī veterinary antidiarrheal agent used to treat non-infectious diarrhea in animals. Used internally for relieving respiratory distress.

Also used to reduce the risk of ototoxicity associated with cisplatin.

ATC ClassificationĪ cholinesterase reactivator used to treat organophosphate poisoning.Ī benzodiazepine antagonist that is used for the complete or partial reversal of the sedative effects caused by benzodiazepines in various clinical settings, such as induced general anesthesia for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.Īn inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase used as an antidote in confirmed or suspected methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning.Ī chelating agent used to reduce the extent of systemic contamination with radioactive cesium and/or radioactive or non-radioactive thallium.Ī compound used as an intravenous copper supplement for Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN).Ī folate analog used to treat the toxic effects of methotrexate and other folate antagonists, to treat megaloblastic anemia, and to provide palliative treatment of colorectal cancer.Īn antibody binding fragment which binds digoxin molecules which is used as an antidote to digoxin overdose.Ī modified gamma cyclodextrin used to reverse neuromuscular blockade induced by vecuronium bromide and rocuronium bromide which are agents used for anesthesia.Īn iron binder used to reverse life-threatening acute cyanide poisoning.Ī synthetic form of vitamin B12 used to treat vitamin B12 associated disorders and cyanide poisoning.Ī medication that can be used as a mucolytic in patients with certain lung conditions and as an antidote for acetaminophen overdose.Ī sulfur donor used sequentially with sodium nitrite for the reversal of life-threatening acute cyanide poisoning.

Name Antidotes Accession Number DBCAT000900 DescriptionĪgents counteracting or neutralizing the action of POISONS.

Antidote for iron toxicity