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by jorblumesea 3400 days ago
I also doubt that airports have this on hand in many parts of the world. Maybe in the US where fears are stoked about a chemical attack.
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JshWright 3400 days ago
Atropine is commonly used to treat other medical conditions. I would expect any modern emergency medical service to have it on hand (though perhaps not in the quantities necessary... we would need to use all the Atropine on multiple ambulances to treat one patient in this condition).
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neutered_knot 3400 days ago
When I was in the army they taught us that the atropine was the antidote to the pralidoxime (or 2-PAM chloride as we called it).
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JshWright 3400 days ago
No, they essentially work to solve the same problem in different ways.

To use a very clumsy analogy, imagine nerve agents like VX are slamming on the brakes of your body. Atropine makes your body less sensitive to the effect of "brakes". 2-PAM takes the foot off the brake.

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