Antidotes to Common Medications

Acetaminophen: acetylcysteine or mucomyst

Anticholinesterase: atropine or pralidoxime
Anticholinergics: physostigmine
Antifreeze: fomepizole, ethanol
Benzodiazepines: Romazicon (flumazenil)
Beta-Blocking Agents: Glucagon, epinephrine
Ca
++
Channel Blockers: Ca
+
chloride, glucagon
Carbon Monoxide (CO): hyperbaric, oxygen
Coumadin: phytonadione or vitamin K
Cyanide: amyl nitrite, sodium nitrite, or sodium thiosulfate
Cyclophosphamide: mesna
Digoxin: Digibind or Digoxin Immune Fab
Dopamine: Rigitine
EPS: Benadryl (diphenhydramine)
(Extra Pyramidal Symptoms)
Ethylene Glycol: fomepizole
Fluorouracil: leucovorin calcium
Heroin: Narcan (naloxone) or nalmefene
Heparin: protamine sulfate
Insulin Reaction: IV glucose (D50)
Iron (Fe): deferoxamine
Lead: edetate calcium disodium, dimercaprol, or succimer
Malignant Hyperthermia (MH): dantrolene
Methanol: ethanol
Methotrexate: leucovorin calcium
Narcotics: Narcan (naloxone) or nalmefene
Opioid Analgesics: Narcan (naloxone) or nalmefene
Organophosphate (OPP): atropine, pralidoxime
Potassium (K): Insulin and glucose, NaHCO
3
, albuterol inhaler, or Kayexalate
(sodium polystyrene sulfonate)
Rohypnol: Romazicon (flumazenyl)
TCA (tricyclic antidepressants): physostigmine or NaHCO
3

Tranquilizers-EPS symptoms: Benadryl (diphenhydramine)
Tylenol: acetylcysteine
Warfarin: phytonadione or vitamin K





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