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File: 120396_mar96_decls7_0016.txt
Subject: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL 12 NOV 90
Unit: XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization: ARCENT
Box ID: BX000036
Folder Title: DUTY LOG G3 EOC INCOMING MSGS 12 NOV 90
Document Number: 2
Folder SEQ #: 34
UNCLASSIFIED
RAASZYUW RUDCHAA0120 3381605 RHILHAS.
ZNY
R 12120OZ NOV 90
FM COMUSARCENT MAIN//63-NBC//
TO AIG 11742
BT
SUBJ: ISSUE OF NERVE AGENT PYRIODSTIGMINE PRETREATMENT (NAPP) (U)
A. UNCLASSIFIED MSG, COMUSNAVCENT, 192248Z AUG 90, SUBJ: SAB.
1. @ 'ARCENT POLICY IS THAT THERE ARE 3 NAPPS PER SOLDIER.
STRONGLY RECOMMEND UNIT COMMANDERS ISSUE ONE NAPP TO INDIVIDUAL
SOLDIER AND POSITION 2 ADDITIONAL NAPPS PER SOLDIER AT COMPANY LEVEL.
REFRIGERATE UNIT STORED NAPP IF POSSIBLE, AT THE rINIMU,'), KEEP NAPP
FROM DIRECT SUNLIGHT. NAPP, NSN 6505-01-178-7903, IS IN THE AOR AND
CAN BE ORDERED THROUGH SUPPLY SYSTEM.
2. NAPP ENHANCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MARK I NERVE AGENT
ANTIDOTE KITS. IF TAKEN WITHIN 8 HRS OF NERVE AGENT (NA) EXPOSURE,
IT REDUCES THE SEVERITY OF NERVE AGENT POISONING, SHORTENS THE
DURATION OF TREATMENT, AND INCREASES SURVIVAL OF NERVE AGENT
CASUALTIES. 21 NAPP TABLETS COME IN A BLISTER PACKAGE THAT CONTAINS
ENOUGH TABLETS FOR 7 DAYS (I TABLET EVERY 8 HOURS).
3. NAPP TABLET SETS SHOULD BE REFRIGERATED IN TEMPERATURE
PAGE 02 RUDCHAA0120
RANGES (IF 35-4b DEGREES FARENHEIT (2-8 DEGREES CENTIGRADE). IF NAPP
IS NOT REFRIGERATED, ITS SHELF LIFE IS 6 MONTHS.
4. (U) THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT FROM REF A PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON NAPP:
A. (U) FOR THE GREATEST EFFECT, ONE PYRIDOSTIGMINE TABLET SHOULD
BE TAKEN EVERY EIGHT HOURS ON A CONTINDUS BASIS BEFORE A NERVE AGENT
ATTACK UNTIL ORDERS ARE ISSUED TO DISCONTINUE. COMMANDERS
SHOULD REEVALUATE THREAT LEVELS IF NO ATTACK HAS OCCURRED WITHIN 72
HOURS OF PYRIDOSTIGMINE PRETREATMENT.
B. (U) WHEN ORDERED TO BEGIN TAKING NAPP, TAKE ONE 30-MG TABLET
BY MOUTH, WITH SUFFICIENT WATER, AND CONTINUE TO TAKE ONE
EVERY EIGHT HOURS AS DIRECTED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER. IF A DOSE
IS MISSED, DO NOT MAKE IT UP. DO NOT TAKE TWO TABLETS AT ONCE
BECAUSE OF MISSED DOSE--START AGAIN WITH ONE TABLET EVERY EIGHT
HOURS. TAKING TWO TABLETS AT ONCE COULD RESULT IN ADVERSE SIDE
EFFECTS. (CAUTION: TAKING MORE THAN ONE TABLET AT A TIME DOES NOT
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION. IN FACT, IT MAY BE MORE HAZARDOUS IF
THERE IS SUBSEQUENT EXPOSURE TO NA). DO NOT TAKE NAPP WHILE MASKED
IN A CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED AREA.
C. (U) SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF PYRIDOSTIBMINE OVERDOSE AND ALLERGIC
DECLASSIFIED
ON: 15 OCT 96
@AGE 03 RUDCHAA012 BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER SEC 3.4 EO
REACTIONS. ALTHOUGH NO DETRIri2WEFFECTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE
RECOMMENDED DOSAGE, DEPENDING ON LENGTH OF TIME AND AMOUNT OF
MEDICATION TAKEN ALONG WITH INDIVIDUAL PSYSIOLOGICAL VARIATIONS,
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS MAY EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING ADVERSE REACTIONS
FROM PYRIDOSTISMINE: ABDOMINAL CRAMPS, NAUSEA, DIARRHEA, SKIN RASH,
WEAKNESS, MUSCLE CRAMPS, MUSCULAR TWITCHING AND/OR DIMNESS OF VISION
DUE TO PINPOINTED PUPILS. IF ANY OF THESE SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OCCUR, THE
SOLDIER SHOULD CHECK WITH MEDICAL PERSONNEI
ATMENT ADMINISTERED FOR PYRIDOSTIGMINE-
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File Room = mar96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000036
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DUTY LOG G3 EOC INCOMING MSGS 12 NOV 90
Folder Seq # = 34
Subject = DAILY STAFF JOURNAL 12 NOV 90
Document Seq # = 2
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 08-NOV-1996