Pyridostigmine blister pack

Fig. 6-1. A pyridostigmine blister pack containing 21 30-mg tablets, along with the carrying sleeve. This is the nerve agent pyridostigmine pretreatment set (NAPPS) that was used by designated military personnel during the Persian Gulf War.

Pyridostigmine About twelve years ago, the U. S. military provided pyridostigmone bromide as a pretreatment for nerve agent exposure. Each trooper received a blister pack... 

Pyridostigmine About twelve years ago, the U.S. military provided pyridostigmone bromide as a pretreatment for nerve agent exposure. Each trooper received a blister pack containing twenty-one 30-mg tablets for a dose regimen of one 30-mg tablet every eight hours. When given before soman exposure and when that exposure is followed by the standard MARK I therapy, the use of this pretreatment will increase the LD-50 several fold over the LD-50 obtained without the use of the pretreatment. When soman is the nerve... 

Figure 1. (a) Molecular structure of pyridostigmine, (b) Erythrocyte chlinesterase profile following repeatedoral administration in man. (c) Photograph of blister pack of NAPS, with issued information sheet... 

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