He presents with an anticholinergic toxidrome: hot as a hare, dry as a bone, mad as a hatter (FA2020 p241, the anticholinergic toxidrome is the same as an atropine overdose and jimsonweed actually contains atropine).
The antidote for antichlinergics is phyostigmine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor that acts as an indirect cholinergic agonist. (FA2020 p240)
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He presents with an anticholinergic toxidrome: hot as a hare, dry as a bone, mad as a hatter (FA2020 p241, the anticholinergic toxidrome is the same as an atropine overdose and jimsonweed actually contains atropine).
The antidote for antichlinergics is phyostigmine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor that acts as an indirect cholinergic agonist. (FA2020 p240)