Symptoms and treatments of specific poisonings

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Strychnine

In the past, many of the rat poisons contained strychnine. I don’t know if it is still legal to bring strychnine into Guyana to be used in rat bait. It was effective in the past, so I do believe that, in spite of the success of newer rat poisons, strychnine might be available for use (and misuse and abuse) as a rodenticide.

In order to entice the rats to eat the poison, pellets are produced with strychnine and then alluringly coated in attractive colours. …..

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