Effect of chlorpromazine on cyanide intoxication

Previous reports from our laboratory indicated that prophylactic protection against cyanide intoxication in mice can be enhanced by administration of chlorpromazine when it is given with sodium thiosulfate. The mechanism of potentiation of sodium thiosulfate by chlorpromazine was studied alone and i...

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Published inToxicology and applied pharmacology Vol. 71; no. 3; p. 407
Main Authors Kong, A, Shen, A, Burrows, G, Sylvester, D, Isom, G E, Way, J L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1983
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Summary:Previous reports from our laboratory indicated that prophylactic protection against cyanide intoxication in mice can be enhanced by administration of chlorpromazine when it is given with sodium thiosulfate. The mechanism of potentiation of sodium thiosulfate by chlorpromazine was studied alone and in combination with sodium nitrite. Although chlorpromazine was found to induce a hypothermic response, the mechanism of enhancement of the antagonism of cyanide by chlorpromazine does not correlate with the hypothermia produced. Various other possible mechanisms were investigated, such as rate of methemoglobin formation, enzymatic activity of rhodanese and cytochrome oxidase, and alpha-adrenergic blockade. The alpha-adrenergic blocking properties of chlorpromazine may provide a basis for its antidotal effect, since this protective effect can be reversed with an alpha-agonist, methoxamine.
ISSN:0041-008X
DOI:10.1016/0041-008X(83)90028-5