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succimer

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succimer /suc·ci·mer/ (suk´sĭ-mer) a heavy metal–chelating agent that is an analogue of dimercaprol, used in the treatment of lead poisoning; also complexed with technetium Tc 99m and used in renal function testing.
Succimer (Chemet)
A drug used to remove excess lead from the body.
Mentioned in: Lead Poisoning
succimer [suk´sĭmer]
a chelating agent that is an analogue of dimercaprol, administered orally in the treatment of heavy metal poisoning. A complex with technetium 99m is used in renal function testing.
succimer
A water-soluble chelator administered per os for heavy metal poisoning–eg, lead poisoning in children > 2.17 µmol/L–US: 45 µg/dl or adults with lead poisoning due to gunshot wounds. See Lead, Saturnine gout.
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The effect of chelation therapy with succimer on neuropsychological development in children exposed to lead.
Links between ADHD and environmental pollutants: implications for ... by Seely, Dugald; Cooley, Kieran; Fritz, Heidi / Townsend Letter
He was chelated with succimer (dimercaptosuccinic acid, or DMSA), but chelation was discontinued because of an adverse dermatologic response.
Inorganic: the other mercury by Risher, John F.; De Rosa, Christopher T. / Journal of Environmental Health
A recent double-blind randomized clinical trial of oral chelation in young children with blood lead concentrations ranging from 22 to 44 [micro]g/dL found that the drug succimer lowered blood concentrations transiently but did not improve cognitive function (Dietrich et al.
Recommendations for medical management of adult lead exposure by Woolf, Alan / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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