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From: besst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Brian E. Schwadron)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Defense against nerve gas
Summary: pyridostigmine
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Date: 22 Aug 90 02:52:33 GMT
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From: Brian E. Schwadron <besst@unix.cis.pitt.edu>

   Speaking of nerve gas antidotes, I read this in the Pgh. Post Gazette 
(quoted without permission):
    "The U.S. military also has adopted the British drug pyridostigmine, that
one major government study has characterized as "a major breakthrough in
medical chemical defense."  Administered before an attack, the drug protects
against all known nerve agents..." 
     Does anyone know anything about this drug: if it has actually been issued,
how long it lasts, how well it actually works, etc.  It would seem to be a 
very important tool in case the nerve gas starts flying ...