[Antidotes--often expensive and not always available]

While there is seldom need for most anti-poisoning agents and antidotes, they should be quickly available, when needed. Local worst-case scenarios, regional staggering of the treatment, and distances must be taken into account at the health care unit level. Hospitals are fairly well equipped with the recommended antidotes. Replenishment of the stocks is complicated by continual disruptions in supply of antidotes. New antidotes in the updated recommendation include calcium folinate (leucovorin) for methanol poisoning and octreotide for the treatment of hypoglycemia caused by intoxications resulting from antidiabetics of the sulfonyl urea group.