| Treatment for lead poisoning normally involves the administration of dimercaprol and succimer. |
| Dimercaprol is more effective if its use is begun within two hours after ingestion of the toxic metal. |
| For example, if dimercaprol binds with various elements such as arsenic, mercury and lead, the toxic effect will be less than what could be expected for dimercaprol alone. |
| Dimercaprol, or BAL, binds with lead and is excreted in bile and urine. |
| Treatment may include the use of chelating agents such as dimercaprol, dimercaptosuccinic acid, and dimercaptopanesulfonic acid. |
| One type contained the anthrax vaccine and the other contained phials of a drug called dimercaprol, which acts as an antidote to heavy metal poisoning. |
