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    Dimercaprol, also called British anti-Lewisite (BAL), is a medication used to treat acute poisoning by arsenic, mercury, gold, and lead. It may also be...
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    to chlorovinylarsonous acid, CVAA. British anti-lewisite, also called dimercaprol, is the antidote for lewisite. It can be injected to prevent systemic...
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  • They are usually useful for removing toxic heavy metal ions from body. Dimercaprol is a common chelating agent to treat toxic exposure to arsenic, mercury...
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    Dimercaptosuccinic acid or dimercaptopropane sulfonate may be used while dimercaprol (BAL) is not recommended. Hemodialysis may also be used. Through drinking...
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    encephalopathy sodium calcium edetate is typically used together with dimercaprol. It may also be used to treat plutonium poisoning. It does not appear...
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    blood levels are greater than 40–45 μg/dL. Medications used include dimercaprol, edetate calcium disodium, and succimer. In 2013, lead is believed to...
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    Penicillamine was the second line treatment for arsenic poisoning, after dimercaprol (BAL). It is no longer recommended. In cystinuria, a hereditary disorder...
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    DHEA-S (prasterone sulfate) Dibunate sodium Diclazuril Dicloxacillin Dimercaprol Dinaline Docetaxel Docusate calcium Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid Dronabinol...
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    toxicity can be ameliorated with chelation therapy with an agent such as dimercaprol. Gold metal was voted Allergen of the Year in 2001 by the American Contact...
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    the gingiva, known as a bismuth line. Poisoning may be treated with dimercaprol; however, evidence for benefit is unclear. Bismuth's environmental impacts...
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