Full list of Antidotes discussed in this article.
An antidote is a drug designed to counteract the effects of toxicity of another drug, poison or toxin. This toxicity usually arise from either intentional or unintentional overdose or when the body system like the kidneys or liver is impaired to excrete these drugs even when taken in the right dose.
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💊LIST OF ANTIDOTES AND INDICATIONS!
📍Activated charcoal with sorbitol
Used for many oral toxins
📍Theophylline or Caffeine
Adenosine receptor agonist poisoning
📍Antimuscarinic drugs (e.g. atropine)
Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides
Nerve agents
Some poison mushrooms
📍Beta blockers
Theophylline
📍Calcium chloride
Calcium channel blocker toxicity
Black widow spider bites.
📍Calcium gluconate
Calcium channel blocker toxicity
Hydrofluoric acid burns
📍Chelators such as EDTA, dimercaprol (BAL), penicillamine, and 2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA, succimer)
Heavy metal poisoning
📍Cyanide antidotes (hydroxocobalamin, amyl nitrite, sodium nitrite, or thiosulfate)
Cyanide poisoning
📍Cyproheptadine
Serotonin syndrome
📍Deferoxamine mesylate
Iron poisoning
📍Digoxin Immune Fab antibody (Digibind and Digifab)
Digoxin poisoning
📍Diphenhydramine hydrochloride and benztropine mesylate
Extrapyramidal reactions associated with antipsychotics
📍100% Ethanol or Fomepizole
Ethylene glycol poisoning and methanol poisoning
📍Flumazenil
Benzodiazepine overdose
📍100% oxygen or hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
Carbon monoxide poisoning and cyanide poisoning
📍Idarucizumab
Dabigatran etexilate
📍Andexanet alfa
Reversal of factor Xa inhibitors, rivaroxaban and apixaban
📍Insulin + Glucagon
Beta blocker poisoning or calcium channel blocker poisoning
📍Leucovorin
Methotrexate, trimethoprim and pyrimethamine overdose
📍Intralipid
Local anesthetic toxicity
📍Methylene blue
Treatment of conditions that cause methemoglobinemia
📍Naloxone hydrochloride
Opioid overdose
📍N-acetylcysteine
Acetaminophen (paracetamol) poisoning
📍Octreotide
Oral hypoglycemic agents
📍Pralidoxime chloride (2-PAM)
When given with atropine: organophosphate insecticides, nerve agents, some poison mushrooms
📍Protamine sulfate
Heparin poisoning
📍Prussian blue
Thallium poisoning
📍Physostigmine sulfate
Anticholinergic poisoning
📍Pyridoxine
Isoniazid poisoning
📍Phytomenadione (vitamin K) and fresh frozen plasma
Warfarin overdose
📍Sodium bicarbonate
Aspirin
📍I.V Silibinin
Amatoxin ingestion
📍Succimer (dimercaptosuccinic acid, DMSA)
Lead poisoning
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