Antidote

Chemical

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

Chromium VI compounds (chromium trioxide, zinc chromate, alkaline chromates, etc.)

Atropine sulphate (1% solution)

Cholinesterase inhibitor (phosphoric acid esters, insecticides, alkyl phosphates)

BAL (dimercaptopropanol)

Antimony, arsenic, chromium, gold, cobalt, copper, manganese, nickel, mercury, bismuth

Calcium gluconate

Fluorine, hydrochloric acid and its salts, oxalic acid

Ca Na₂ EDTA

Lead, chromium, iron, cobalt, copper, uranium, vanadium, zinc

Dexamethasone-spray

Irritant gases

4-dimethyl aminophenol (4-DMAP)

Cyanide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide

DMPS (sodium-dimercaptopropane sulphate, BAL sulphonic acid)

Organic and inorganic mercury compounds and other indications for BAL

DTPA (calcium trisodium pentetate, ditripentate)

Lead, cadmium, chromium, iron, manganese, zinc and in the event of the incorporation of radioactive isotopes

Ethanol (vodka, kirsch)

Methanol

Isotomic eye drops

Eye injuries, due in particular to acids and alkalis

Charcoal

Absorbent for ingested water-soluble poisons

N acetylcysteine

Acrylonitrile

Sodium bicarbonate

Methanol, aldehydes, chlorates, salicylic acid, alkyl phosphates

Sodium thiosulphate

Cyanides, hydrogen cyanide - immediately after 4-DMAP, chlorine, bromine, iodine, nitrogen oxides, aliphatic and aromatic nitro compounds, aromatic amines and alkylating agents

Paraffin oil

Absorbent for ingested oil-soluble substances

Pencillamine

Lead, gold, cobalt, copper, mercury, zinc

Polyethylene glycol 400

Cleansing skin of cutaneously absorbable poisons such as aniline, phenol

Toluidine blue

Aniline, chromates, nitrates, nitrites, nitro-benzene and in the event of overdoses of 4-DMAP