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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
Pretreatments
Protect acetylcholinesterase from being inhibited
Anticholinergics
Mitigate/eliminate effects of excess acetylcholine
Anticonvulsants
Control nerve agent- induced seizures
Neuroprotectants
Protect neurons from nerve agent-induced injury
Reactivators
Reactivate inhibited acetylcholinesterase
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