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Nerve Agent Countermeasures

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Objective: To eliminate or mitigate the acute and long-term toxic effects of nerve agent exposure
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Pretreatments

Protect acetylcholinesterase from being inhibited

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Anticholinergics

Mitigate/eliminate effects of excess acetylcholine

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Anticonvulsants

Control nerve agent- induced seizures

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Neuroprotectants

Protect neurons from nerve agent-induced injury

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Reactivators

Reactivate inhibited acetylcholinesterase