Carbon monoxide antidote cuts levels in half in 25 seconds

Cara Livernois | | Health Exec | Precision Medicine

 Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh may have found an antidote to the deadly gas in cases of carbon monoxide poisonings.

Current treatments for carbon monoxide poising requires spending hours in a 100 percent oxygen hyperbaric chamber. With this new antidote, carbon levels in the blood of mice have been reduced by half in 25 seconds.

“You want to lower levels immediately to improve oxygen delivery to the body,” said study leader Mark T. Gladwin, director of the Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood and Vascular Medicine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “I think if you can lower carbon monoxide levels 15 to 25 percent, you help most people.”

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Pitt develops potential antidote to carbon-monoxide poisoning

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Cara Livernois, News Writer

Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.

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