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Dimercaprol
Essential medicine status
Section:
4. Antidotes and other substances used in poisonings 4.2. Antidotes and other substances used in poisonings > Specific
ATC codes: V03AB09
EMLc
Indication
Harmful effects of or exposure to noxious substances, chiefly nonmedicinal as to source, not elsewhere classified ICD11 code: NE61
INN
Dimercaprol
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Complementary (EML)
(EMLc)
Formulations
Parenteral > General injections > IM: 50 mg per mL in 2 mL ampoule ; 100 mg per mL in 3 mL ampoule
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 1979 (TRS 641)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Changed in 2011 (TRS 965)
Changed in 2025 (TRS 1064)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
The recommendation is for this specific medicine
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
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Dimercaprol
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Dimercaprol
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of the age-appropriateness of formulations on the EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended: - the addition of 100 mg/mL dimercaprol injection in oil to the EML and EMLc.