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Sodium nitrite
Essential medicine status
General description
Sodium nitrite is used in combination with sodium thiosulfate in the treatment of cyanide poisoning.
ATC codes
V03AB08
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
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Sodium nitrite
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Sodium nitrite
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Section
Antidotes and other substances used in poisonings > Specific
  • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 30 mg per mL in 10 mL ampoule
Indications
Harmful effects of or exposure to noxious substances, chiefly nonmedicinal as to source, not elsewhere classified