
Drug/Poison | Antidote |
Atropine (Belladona poisoning) | Physostigmine |
Benzodiazepins (e.g. Diazepam) | Flumazenil |
Beta-adrenoceptor antagonists | Glucagon, Adrenaline |
Calcium channel blockers | Calcium gluconate |
Carbamate | Atropine |
Cyanide | Sodium nitrite/ Amyl nitrite, oxygen, dicobalt edetate, sodium thiosulphate, hydroxocobaamine |
Digoxin (Digitalis) | Digoxin-specific antibody fragments (Digibind) |
Ethylene glycol/ Methanol | Fomepizole, Ethanol |
Fibrinolytics (e.g. Streptokinase) | EACA (Epsilon amino caproic acid) |
Heparin | Protamine |
Iron salts | Desferrioxamine |
Lead | Succimer (DMSA 2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid), disodium calcium edetate, Dimercaprol(BAL) |
Mercury or Arsenic | Dimercaprol, d-Penicillamine |
Opioids (e.g. Morphine) | Naloxone |
Oral Anticoagulants (e.g. Warfarin, rodenticides) | Vitamin K, fresh frozen plasma |
Organophosphorus- insecticides, nerve gases | Atropine, Pralidoxime |
Paracetemol (Acetaminophen) | N-acetylcysteine, Methionine |
Copper (or Wilson’s disease) | d-Penicillamine |
References: KD TripathiEssentials of Medical Pharmacology 7th Edition