Veterinary Taxicology

SPECIFIC ANTIDOTES

• Specific antidotes reduce or abolish the effects of poisons through a variety of mechanisms, which may be categorized as follows:
  • On receptors which may be stimulated, blocked or bypassed
  • On enzymes which may be inhibited or reactivated
  • By displacement from tissue binding sites
  • By exchanging with the poison
  • By replenishment of the essential substance
  • By binding to the poison (chelation)