Antidotes

Question 1

Acetaminophen

Answer 1

Acetylcysteine

Question 2

AChE Inhibitors - physostigmine, neostigmine, and pyridostigmine; organophosphates, including insecticides, such as malathion and parathion

Answer 2

Atropine + pralidoxime (for irreversible AChE inhibitors)

Question 3

Iron and Iron salts

Answer 3

Deferoxamine

Question 4

Digoxin

Answer 4

Digoxin immune F(ab)

Question 5

Arsenic, gold, mercury, lead; oral succimer for milder lead and mercury toxicity

Answer 5

Dimercaprol (BAL)

Question 6

Backup in lead poisoning, then for rarer toxicities (Cd, Cr, Co, Mn, Zn)

Answer 6

EDTA

Question 7

Theophylline, beta agonists

Answer 7

Esmolol

Question 8

Methanol or ethylene glycol

Answer 8

Ethanol, fomepizole

Question 9

Benzodiazepines, zolpidem, zaleplon

Answer 9

Flumazenil

Question 10

Opioid analgesics

Answer 10

Naloxone

Question 11

Carbon monoxide

Answer 11

Oxygen

Question 12

Copper (e.g., Wilson’s disease), iron, lead, mercury

Answer 12

Penicillamine

Question 13

Anticholinergics: atropine, antihistamine, antiparkinsonian - NOT tricyclics

Answer 13

Physostigmine

Question 14

Heparins

Answer 14

Protamine

Question 15

Warfarin and courmarin anticoagulants

Answer 15

Vitamin K

Question 16

Nonspecific: all oral poisonings except Fe, CN, Li, solvents, mineral acids, or corrosives

Answer 16

Activated charcoal