[texasflower]

I have administered Atropine hundreds of times myself. I didn't say that it was one time administration and it is cured.

My point is this is not a situation where the "cure" is worse than the exposure.

Atropine can be given in very high dosages for this type of poisoning.

The fatal level of overdose with atropine is not known. Death would occur if the supportive care the patient needed is not done. (respiratory depression, etc)

I just don't want people to feel hopeless about our troops over there.

If they get treatment with atropine and supportive care almost all of them will survive, most likely without lasting effects.

[mdmathis6]

I never said the cure was worse than the exposure, just that you had to be prepared to deal with the side effects of the cure. Atropine and said nerve gas agents end up doing a medical equivalent of a duel with the nervous system remaining stable enough to function.