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the only thing that loves poison more than the poison itself.
means A substance or remedy that counteracts a poison, venom, or other harmful agent — or, more loosely, anything that reverses something bad.
from From Greek 'antidoton,' literally 'given against,' built from 'anti-' (against) and 'didonai' (to give) — the same 'give' root behind 'dose' and 'donate.' It traveled through Latin 'antidotum' and Old French into English, where it has meant a counter-poison since the Middle Ages.
- venom origin
- some antivenoms are made from venom-injected horses
- dose matters
- many antidotes are toxic at the wrong amount
- slow stock
- hospitals often lack antivenom; it's costly to keep
- word roots
- Greek antidoton means given against
- king's paranoia
- Mithridates dosed himself daily to build poison immunity
naloxone — opioid overdose reversal drug; administered to ~4.7 million people in us since fda approval in 1971
activated charcoal — poison treatment used in emergency rooms; binds toxins in stomach before absorption
methylene blue — antidote for cyanide poisoning and methemoglobinemia; first synthetic drug made in 1876