1MD Medicine, Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Jammu, J&K, India
2MD Pathology, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Jammu, J&K, India
*Corresponding Address: Varun Vijay Mahajan, Phone number +91-9419194328, Postal Address: H.No.211, Sector 1 Channi Himmat Jammu, J&K 180015. India. E-mail: dr.varun7@yahoo.com
Online published on 11 October, 2012.
Aluminum phosphide as a poison is used for deliberate self-poisoning by inhalation/ingestion route especially in North India. The poison effects all systems of the body with predominantly CVS and GIT. Till Date no Antidote is available although man is claiming his conquer over the life and death. Medical critics still say if a patient with suspected aluminum phosphide(ALP) poisoning is saved in a hospital then either that was not ALP or the poison was exposed one.This poison which is reputed in medical field as "An Agent of Sure Death" has been forgotten by the medical world and not much of treatment is available for ALP poisoning though Magnesium sulfate is well documented in reducing the cardiac arrhythmias and the mortality, but the problem needs multifaceted approach in the form of preventive measures, restrictions on supply of ALP in market, updating the management techniques and overall a search for an effective antidote.
