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The reactivating and therapeutic efficacy of two combinations of oximes (HI ‐6 + trimedoxime and HI ‐6 + K203) was compared with the effectiveness of antidotal treatment involving single oxime (hi ‐6, trimedoxime, K203) using in vivo methods. In vivo determined percentage of reactivation of cyclosarin ‐inhibited blood and tissue acetylcholinesterase in poisoned rats showed that the reactivating efficacy of both combinations of oximes is slightly higher than the reactivat‐ ing efficacy of the most effective individual oxime in blood, diaphragm as well as in brain. Moreover, both combinations of oximes were found to be slightly more efficacious in the reduction of acute lethal toxic effects in cyclosarin ‐poisoned mice than the antidotal treatment involving single oxime. Based on the obtained data, we can conclude that the antidotal treatment involving chosen combinations of oximes brings a beneficial effect for its ability to counteract the acute poison‐ ing with cyclosarin.