Jacksonville airline worker accidentally injected with chemical warfare antidote

Associated Press ^

[Uncle Meat]

If it was an autoinjector, then the airline worker had to work hard at injecting himself.

First,he'd have to remove the cap off,and then push the capsule up against the skin hard for the needle to spring if I remember correctly.Of course we had the training kits which weren't loaded and didn't have the needles.There are actually two different capsules.One's to counter- act the side effects of the antidote.I heard the real McCoy is some real nasty stuff.

[Uncle Meat]

Popping yourself with an auto injector would really hurt.

I heard that even in the thigh,it hurts like hell.Of course,under a real nerve gas attack,your adrenaline would be pumping so fast,you'd probably not notice how bad it'd hurt.I also heard that the wipe packages the issue for deconning your face and inside your mask burns like hell.The gave us the alcohol ones for training with,so I never had to find out.

[M.K. Borders]

Scuse me folks

But I was always told that Atropin was not very good stuff if you were NOT infected with nerve agent.
If there is any doubt, look at the ingredients in any can of RAID.

[Nik Naym]

Tennessee,

Read it again, in context. I think they were talking about a regulatory classification, as relates to vetrinary use. Could even be a misprint. Either way it makes no sense. (Sorry, I haven't the means to cut and paste a PDF file)

The same document you quoted notes in more than one place that atropine is an "AntiCHOLINERGIC" (emphasis mine).

Atropine is indeed an anticholinergic drug, and is in fact related to belladonna, which is used in eye drops to dialate the pupil. It can also be inhaled as a bronchodialator.

I am not a Dr, nor do I play one on TV. From everything I read, including the source you provided, it sure doesn't look to me that atropine is an antibiotic. Perhaps there is a pharmacist lurking about who can provide a final say?

Cheers!

Nik