Chronic inorganic mercury poisoning treated with N-acetyl-D-penicillamine

Chronic inorganic mercury poisoning treated with N-acetyl-D-penicillamine.

Gledhill, R. F., and Hopkins, A. P. (1972). Brit. J. industr. Med., 29, 225-228. Chronic inorganic mercury poisoning treated with N-acetyl-D-penicillamine. The case history is presented of a man intoxicated by mercury during his employment as a filler of thermometers. The mean daily urinary excretion of mercury was 661 ,ug for five estimations before treatment. The mean excretion was 875 ,ug fo...

Mercury poisoning and its treatment with N-acetyl-D, L-penicillamine.

Evaluation of Oxidative Stress in Combination Therapy with D-penicillamine and N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) in Lead Poisoning in Opium Addicts

Background: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a putative antioxidant and has gained attention as a promising agent for chelating heavy metals including lead. Considering the animal studies results, we hypothesized that adding NAC to the treatment regimen may improve the success of treatment with lead chelators. Methods: A total of 46 patients who were lead-poisoned opioid addicts were divided into two ...

D-penicillamine therapy of acute arsenic poisoning.

Severe poisoning resulting from single ingestions of rodenticides, herbicides, or insecticides containing arsenic have been frequently recognized. We record three cases of solubilized arsenic trioxide poisoning in Navajo Indian children and one case of sodium arsenate ingestion in an infant. One fatality occurred during dimercaprol therapy prior to initiation of therapy with D-penicillamine. Th...

Selective enhancement of urinary organic mercury excretion by D-penicillamine.

Ishihara, N., Shiojima, S., and Suzuki, T. (1974). British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 31, 245-249. Selective enhancement of urinary organic mercury excretion by D-penicillamine. This report deals with the study of a patient who was suspected of having mercury vapour poisoning and was treated with D-penicillamine. D-penicillamine by mouth enhanced the urinary excretion of organic but not in...