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Interesting, that sent me down a bit of a Wikipedia rabbit hole, which took me to this interesting quote: "there is no antidote or remedy for DNP once taken. In
by owenversteeg 6y ago
Interesting, that sent me down a bit of a Wikipedia rabbit hole, which took me to this interesting quote: "there is no antidote or remedy for DNP once taken. In consequence, DNP has a high mortality rate — of those who presented at hospital between 2007 and 2019 with a history of having taken DNP, 18% died. This puts DNP close to cyanide in terms of its toxicity."
So that means that only a fifth or so of people who went to the hospital after taking cyanide died! Surprisingly low...
- billh 6y agoThere are treatments for cyanide poisoning. Hydroxocobalamin can be used to react cyanide and form cyanocobalamin (vitamin B-12) which is nontoxic and renally excreted. The trick is to identify the cyanide poisoning quickly enough.
- jobigoud 6y agoIsn't there a survivorship bias here? It doesn't count all the people that died before getting to the hospital.