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Useful antidotes

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Poison "Antidote"

  • acid magnesium hydroxide
  • tricyclic activated charcoal / pyridostigmine
  • arsenic dimercaprol
  • barbiturates activated charcoal
  • benzodiazepines flumazenil
  • beta blockers glucagon / atropine
  • carbon monoxide 100% oxygen
  • cholinesterase inhibitors atropine
  • chromates dimercarpol
  • copper penicillamine
  • coumarin (warfarin) vitamin K
  • cyanide oxygen / dicobalt edate
  • fluorides calcium gluconate
  • gold dimercarpol
  • haloperidol benztropine
  • heparin protamine sulphate
  • iron desferrioxamine
  • lead sodium calcium edetate
  • mercury dimercarpol
  • metoclopramide benztropine / diazepam
  • monoamine oxidase inhibitors chlopromazine
  • opiates naloxone
  • paracetamol N-Acetyl cysteine
  • paraquat Fullers earth
  • salicylates activated charcoal

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