General description
Dimercaprol is used as an antidote for acute poisoning by antimony, arsenic, bismuth, gold, mercury, and possibly thallium; and as an adjunct (with sodium calcium edetate) in lead poisoning.
INN
Dimercaprol
ATC codes
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
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Section
Antidotes and other substances used in poisonings > Specific
- Parenteral > General injections > IM: 50 mg per mL in 2 mL ampoule