Drug of choice for organophosphorous poisoning: March 2013 (e)
Ans. C i.e. PAM Treatment of organophosphate poisoning Current antidotes for OP poisoning consist of a pretreatment with carbamates to protect AChE from inhibition by OP compounds and post-exposure treatments with anti-cholinergic drugs. Anti-cholinergic drugs work to counteract the effects of excess acetylcholine and reactivate AChE. Atropine can be used as an antidote in conjunction with pralidoxime or other pyridinium oximes (such as trimedoxime or obidoxime)
EDTA
BAL
PAM
All of the above