[sci.military] Atropine and its affect on your body

HANK%BARILVM.BITNET@VM1.gatech.edu (Hank Nussbacher) (09/13/90)

From: Hank Nussbacher <HANK%BARILVM.BITNET@VM1.gatech.edu>
>From: rdh@sli.com (Robert D. Houk)
>thing progresses in lockstep sychrony, but . . . (e.g., could the Iraqi
>"spook" the U.S./etc soldiers into taking the antidote [to their detri-
>ment] just by, e.g., shooting smoke-rounds at them? How bad is the anti-
>dote, especially if you don't need it?)
>                                        -RDH

The antidote, Atropine, acts like a massive blast of antihistimine.
Remember all the warnings about not driving after taking your
antihistimine?  Well, Atropine leaves the person slightly groggy and
wanting to go to sleep.

Hank Nussbacher
Ginot Shomron
Israel