Heavy metal sequestrant
- Chelates heavy metals (arsenic, mercury, gold) into excretable complexes
- Treats acute heavy-metal poisoning
- Chelation is nonselective — essential metals are removed too
- Chelates heavy metals for excretion
Drugs with this mechanism (1)
- Dimercaprol — Intramuscular heavy-metal chelator for arsenic, mercury, and selected severe lead poisonings; painful injections and peanut-oil formulation.
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