ISSUE OF NERVE AGENT PYRIDOSTIGMINE PRETREATMENT

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Subject = ISSUE OF NERVE AGENT PYRIDOSTIGMINE PRETREATMENT                

Parent Organization = MISC        

Unit = MISC        

Folder Title = CHEMICAL WARFARE ISSUES                                                                         

Document Number =         11

Box ID = BX005619




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   Siaii 7S:UE OF NERVE AGENT @YRIDOSTIRMINE PRETREATMENT (NAPP) (U)
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   1:         ARCENT POLICY IS THAT THERE ARE 3 NAPPS PER SOLDIER*
   STRON'LY RECOMMEND UNIT CU4,AANDERS ISSUE ONE NAPP TO INDIVIDUAL
   S)LDif R AND POSITION 2 ADDTTIDNAL NAPPS PER SOLDIER AT C04PANY LEVEL.
   REFRI;FRATE UNIT STORED NAPP IF POSSIBLE# AT THE MINIMUM, KEEP NAPP
   FROM )IRECT SUNLIGHT     NAPP,@ 43@i 6SOS-01-178-7903t IS IN THE AOR AND
   CAN Sz- ORDERED THROU;14 SUPPLY SYSTEM.
   ? IIW      NAPP EN-JANCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MARK I NERVE AGENT
   A;FMTE KITS. TO TAKEN hIiHIN 8 MRS OF NERVE AGENT (NA) EXPOSURE,
   11 RE)UCES THE SEVERITY OF NERVE AGENT POIS04IVGP SHORTENS THE
   DJRKTICN OF TREATMENT* AND IN-6REASES SURVIVAL OF NERVE AGENT
   CASJA.-TIES. 21 NAPP TABLETS COME TN A 3LISTER PACKAGE THAT C3NTAINS
   ENOJG4 TABLETS FOR 7 DAYS (I    TABLET EVERY 8 HJJRS),
   3.(U)W) '4APP T4-3LET SETS SHDULD BE REFRI;ERATED TN TEMPERATURE


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   RANGES OF 35-46 DEGREES FAREN4EI7 (2-8 DEGREES CENTIGRADE). IF NAPP
   IS NOT REFRIGERATED# ITS 34ELF LIFE 13 6 MJNTIS.
   4.    (U) THE FOLL'IqItJG EXCERPT FROM REF A PROVIDES ADDITIONAL'
   INFORMATION ON NAPP:
   A,    (U) FOR THE GREATEST EFFECT# ONE PYRIDOSTIG4INE TABLET SHOULD
   BE TAIEN EVERY EIGHT HOURS :)tj A CZ)NTINOOS BASIS 13EFORE A 14ERVE AGENT
   ATTAC( UNTIL ORDERS ARE ISSUED TO DISCONTINUE, COMMANDERS
   SHOULD REEVALUATE THREAT LEVELS IF NO ATTACK 4AS OCCURRED WITHIN 72
   HOURS DP PYRIDOSTIG41NE PRETREATgiENT*
   84    (U) WHEN ORDERED TO BEGIN TAKING NAPPP TAKE ONE 30-4G TABLET
   BY MOJTHP WITH SUFFICIE14T flATERi, AND CONTINUE TO TAKE ONE
   EVERY EIGHT HOURS AS DIRECTED BY THE C04MANDING OFFICER. IF A DOSE
   IS 4TSSED* DO NOT MAKE IT UP. DO NOT TAKE T43 TABLETS AT ONCE
   BECAUSE OF 41$SED DOSE--ST43T AGAIN WITH ONE TABLET EVERY EIGHT
   HOURS. TAK14G T-V) TABLETS AT ONCE COULD RESULIT IN ADVERSE SIDE
   EFFECTS. (CAUTI3N: TAKING MORE THAN ONE TABLET AT A TIME DOES NOT
   PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PRUTECT13N. IN FACTP IT MAY BE MORE HAZARD3US IF
   TIERE IS SU3SEGUENT EXPOSURE TO NA). DO NOT TAKE NAPP WHILE 4ASKED
   l@ A :HEVICALLY CONTA'AINATED AREA,
   C.    (u) SIGNS/SYmPT04S OF PYRIDOSTIGMINE OVERDOSE AND ALLERSIC
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              UNCLASSIFIED                               0 N: 26 J U N 97
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                                                         BY:         ARMY (DAMH)
                                                         UNDER SEC 3.4 EO 12958