title: The anecdotal antidotes.
abstract: The author reviews obscure or unusual antidote recommendations, emphasizing antidotes or antidote uses that are not generally acknowledged or that have little experimental or clinical confirmation of their efficacy. Also included are unusual uses of well known antidotes. Among the antidotes considered are naloxone, physostigmine, folate, Prussian blue, n-acetylcysteine, cimetidine, subcutaneous magnesium salts, nicotinamide, and thioctic acid.
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000931:Antidotes; D002648:Child; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005295:Ferrocyanides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009270:Naloxone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010830:Physostigmine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011041:Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008063:Thioctic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D005295:Ferrocyanides; D009536:Niacinamide; D009270:Naloxone; D008063:Thioctic Acid; D002927:Cimetidine; D005492:Folic Acid; D010830:Physostigmine; D008274:Magnesium; D011736:Pyridoxine; C000170:ferric ferrocyanide; D000111:Acetylcysteine