Actidose-Aqua (activated charcoal): Reviews and patient testimonials

Actidose-Aqua Advance

For the emergency treatment of acute poisoning and drug overdosage where substances such as those listed in section 5.1 have been ingested. The list is not exhaustive and Actidose-Aqua Advance may be of benefit following ingestion of many other toxins.

Also indicated for a limited number of systemic poisonings resulting from parenteral overdosage or when the ingested toxin has been totally absorbed. This usually involves repeated doses of Actidose-Aqua Advance to remove compounds which undergo enterohepatic recycling or which can diffuse into the gastrointestinal tract along a concentration gradient. Under these circumstances multiple doses of Actidose-Aqua Advance adsorb the toxin thereby preventing its reabsorption and increasing the concentration gradient in favour of further diffusion of the toxin into the gastrointestinal tract. Compounds most effectively transferred by this mechanism are lipophilic, uncharged and not excessively protein-bound. Examples of compounds which can be eliminated more rapidly by "gastrointestinal dialysis" in this way are phenobarbitone and theophylline.

Molecule: activated charcoal