Pralidoxime Compounds

**Definition:** Various salts of a quaternary ammonium oxime that reconstitute inactivated acetylcholinesterase, especially at the neuromuscular junction, and may cause neuromuscular blockade. They are used as antidotes to organophosphorus poisoning as chlorides, iodides, methanesulfonates (mesylates), or other salts.

**Tree numbers:** - D02.092.570.665.535

**Synonyms:** - Pyridine Aldoxime Methyl Compounds - 2-PAM Compounds