Re: Article on Mycotoxin as Biological Weapon

[Guest guest]

You can just go back in the old messages and find this posted many

times that the department of defense was experimenting with

Dexamethasone and activated charcoal - and they really didn't seem to

work all that well.

The funny part is that these toxins have been studied for many years

and the opponents of mold victims insist that no data exists.

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> No specific therapy exists for a trichothecene exposure. After

> appropriate skin decontamination, victims of inhalation and oral

> exposures may be given superactivated charcoal orally. Activated

> charcoal removes mycotoxins from the GI tract. Some victims may need

> help breathing with a ventilator. Early use of steroids increases

> survival time by decreasing the primary injury and shock-like state

> that follows significant poisoning.