Drug details

Protopam (pralidoxime chloride)

type of Cholinergic, Toxicity Antidotes

Protopam (pralidoxime chloride) is a cholinesterase reactivator that reverses muscle weakness or paralysis caused by a poison or certain drug overdose used as an antidote to treat poisoning by a pesticide or by a drug used to treat a muscle disorder. Protopam is not effective as an antidote for all types of pesticide poisonings.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• dizziness,
• blurred vision,
• nausea
• drowsiness,
• headache, or
• pain where the medicine was injected,

The following drugs are related to Protopam, either as a replacement or used together:

• Azasan (azathioprine)
• Mestinon (pyridostigmine)
• Prostigmin (neostigmine)