A phase II clinical trial to assess the safety of clonidine in acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>An estimated 2–3 million people are acutely poisoned by organophosphorus pesticides each year, mostly in the developing world. There is a pressing need for new affordable antidotes and clonidine has been shown to be effective in anim...

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Main Authors: Karunatilake Harindra, Abeysinghe Chandana, Hettiarachchi Raja, Jayamanna Shaluka F, Perera Polwattage MS, Dawson Andrew H, Buckley Nick A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:Trials
Online Access:http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/10/1/73