Note : this post is used to show how the medical system still finds charcoal useful, although please remember this is an example of how it is used in emergencies for acute poisoning. Please do not try anywhere near this amount or protocol without close medical supervision.
What's your gut reaction to a poison emergency?
Nursing, Sep 2000, by Hayes, Lynn
This very interesting article goes on to say that,
Even when certain toxins have been adsorbed into the bloodstream, multiple doses of activated charcoal, sometimes called "gut dialysis," can help increase their elimination... The drug is eliminated through a process of back diffusion from the mesenteric capillaries across the GI epithelium into the GI tract, where it's adsorbed to the charcoal.The article also add that, "However, not all substances are well adsorbed to activated charcoal...Activated charcoal has an advantage over other gut decontamination methods because it can "catch up" to substances that have moved beyond the pylorus into the small intestine. It can bind up to 60% of a toxin when given within 30 to 60 minutes after the ingestion.”
Full article: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3689/is_200009/ai_n8905056
Part 1 : click here
Translated into Spanish
by Natalia
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