Thallium/cesium sequestrant
- Traps thallium and cesium in the gut, interrupting enterohepatic recycling
- Both metals are carried out in stool → shortened biological half-life
- The specific antidote for thallium and radioactive cesium (Cs-137) exposure
- Binds thallium in the gut, interrupting enterohepatic recycling
Drugs with this mechanism (1)
- Prussian blue — Nonabsorbed intestinal binder for radioactive cesium and thallium poisoning; accelerates fecal elimination and can cause constipation.
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