![]() ![]() This latter compound had been used in mobilizing nickel and copper in the body and thereby facilitating their excretion, and in 1959 it was shown to protect mice against poisoning by thallium sulphate. ![]() Dithizone or dithiocarb (see Glossary) were more successful when administered at the daily rate of about 25 mg/kg body-weight. This is a complex salt of potassium, iron, and cyanide and was suggested as an antidote in 1969 by a German pharmacologist, Horst Heydlauf of Karlsruhe, at a time when thallium poisoning was believed to be incurable.īefore the introduction of Prussian blue, various other treatments were tried such as dimercaprol which in some cases met with apparent success, but it is not now recommended. The cure for thallium needs to break this cycle of excretion and reabsorption, and the best cure is Prussian blue, the dye of blue ink. This is not particularly effective, since a little further along it is once again mistaken for potassium and reabsorbed. The body is not fooled for long by thallium and excretes it into the intestines. Thallium mimics the nutritionally essential element potassium, and as a result it passes through the gut wall and into the bloodstream. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |