Heavy metal poisoning and antidotes

Heavy metal poisoning: management of intoxication and antidotes.

Of the known elements, nearly 80% are either metals or metalloids. The highly reactive nature of most metals result in their forming complexes with other compounds such oxygen, sulfide and chloride. Although this reactivity is the primary means by which they are toxic, many metals, in trace amounts, are vital to normal physiological processes; examples include iron in oxygen transport, manganes...

DMSA and DMPS--water soluble antidotes for heavy metal poisoning.

Heavy Metal Poisoning in Birds

Heavy metal poisonings in birds most commonly occur from ingestion of substances containing lead or zinc. Lead that is ingested can be absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract and then taken up by soft tissues and eventually by bone. Lead affects all major organs and can cause damage to the gastrointestinal tract, red blood cells, kidneys and liver. Clinical signs of heavy metal toxicosis ma...

Poisoning - antidotes and their use

J A N UA RY 2 0 0 7 • VO L . 1 4 1 0 • H O S P I TA L P H A R M AC I S T Antidotes play a crucial part in the management of certain poisons, but they are only available for a small number of drugs and chemicals. As pointed out in the previous article (p7), antidotes are only one aspect of the management of a poisoned patient. Until recently, there were no nationally recognised guidelines for em...

Antidotes for tetramine poisoning.

In medicine, the following definition based on Hobb’s recommendations is commonly used: (a) Abuse is a willful and deliberate act by a caregiver resulting in physical injury of the child. (b) Neglect is the failure of the caregiver to take minimal precautions for the proper supervision of the child’s health, thus failing to protect the child from injury. (c) Accident is a lapse in the usual pro...