Components of a pharmaceutical stockpile for radiation emergencies This publication focuses on pharmaceuticals for treating radiation exposure and addresses the

Components of a pharmaceutical stockpile for radiation emergencies This publication focuses on pharmaceuticals for treating radiation exposure and addresses the governance and management of such a stockpile. A typical radiation emergency stockpile will include the following medicines: Stable iodine, administered to prevent or reduce the exposure of the thyroid to radioactive iodine; Chelating sand decorporating agents (Prussian blue, applied to remove radioactive caesium from the body and calcium- / zinc-DTPA used to treat internal contamination with transuranium radionuclides); Cytokines used for mitigation of damage to the bone marrow, in case of acute radiation syndrome (ARS); and Other medicines used to treat vomiting, diarrhoea and infections.