title: Current status of antidotal therapies in acute human intoxications.
abstract: The purpose of this work is a review of usefulness, indications and handling of some antidotes which are at our disposal for therapeutic use since several years, especially naloxone, flumazenil, Fab fragments of digoxin specific antibodies, hydroxocobalamine, 4-methyl-pyrazole, N-acetylcystein or the new metal chelators. Older clinically relevant substances are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Erasme University Hospital, ULB, Brussels.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lheureux
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Even-Adin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Askenasi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011041:Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes