GROUP 5A - NITROGEN GROUP

Pnictogen

Old name of Nitrogen

Nitrogen

azote, without life, mephitic air

Methemoglobinemia (Blue Baby Syndrome)

Nitrites and nitrates such as nitroglycerin, nitroprusside, and nitric oxide can cause __________________

1% Methylene blue

What is the treatment for nitrate toxicity?

N2O

Laughing gas - weakest but safest general anesthetic and dental anesthetic

HNO3

Aqua fortis, Strong water

Blue container

Container for nitrous oxide

Phosphorus

St. Elmo's Fire - 11th most abundant element in earth's crust

White phosphorus

poisonous allotrope; when exposed to air, it emit fumes that is luminous in the dark (greenish) and leave an odor resembling garlic

Red phosphorous

non-flammable and non-poisonous allotrope of P

Black phosphorus

most stable allotrope of P; produced from White P under high pressure

Phossy Jaw

Phosphorus toxicity

Hypophosphorus acid, NF

Preservative in HI syrup to prevent formation of free iodine

Phosphane

Phosphine; A colorless, flammable, toxic gas with the formula PH3

Arsenic

Protoplasmic poison

Arsenous ion (Trivalent arsenic)

most common form As ion and more toxic

Arsenic ion (Pentavalent)

used in veterinary anthelmintic and treatment of amoebiasis and trypanosomiasis

Aldrich Mee's lines

Arsenic acute poisoning manifestation on nails

Raindrop

chronic intoxication of As

Unithiol (DMPS)

best antidote for acute arsenic intoxication

Dimercaprol (BAL)

used if the As ingested is already absorbed

Fe(OH)3 & Mg(OH)2

used if the As ingested is still in the GIT

Arsenic trioxide (As2O3)

White arsenic; antileukemic

Potassium arsenite

Fowler's solution; Tonic

As Compound 606

Salvarsan; Arsphenamine - For Syphilis

Pentavalent Sb ion

ion of Sb that is more active against protozoa

Trivalent Sb ion

Sb ion useful against helminths

Metallic Antimony

Allotrope of antimony that crystallizes in rhombohedron; most stable allotrope

Amorphous Antimony

unstable and explosive

Antimony Potassium Tartrate

Tartar emetic, brown mixture; Drug of Choice Schistosomiasis

Bismuth salt

What element is used in the treatment of ulcer that is (+) in H. Pylori

IV Dimercaprol

Antidote for Soluble Bi toxicity

Pylorid

contains Ranitidine and Bi citrate

Rose metal (50% Bi)

Beautiful Meadow

Bismuth hydroxide, Bi(OH)3

Bismuth Magma, Milk of Bismuth, Bismuth Cream

Milk of Bismuth, USP

contains Bi(OH)3 and (BiO)2CO3 in suspension of water used in the treatment of PUD (+) H. Pylori

Bismuth Subcarbonate, USP (BiO)2CO3

Basic Bismuth Carbonate; generated in situ in Milk of Bismuth

Bismuth Subnitrate, USP Bi5O(OH)9(NO3)4

Bismuth Oxynitrate, Spanish White, Bismuth Paint, Bismuth nitrate

Bismuth Subsalicylate C7H6BiO4

used for indigestion, nausea, and diarrhea; shows good activity against Salmonella but less activity than E. coli

Traveller's diarrhea

caused by E. coli

Bismuth Subgallate

Dermatol; astringent and protective