Neurotoxins affect breathing, and although antivenin is effective, it must be administered soon after the bite.
In some cases where vaccines are lacking, the colonel said, antibiotics can treat an infection if administered soon after exposure.
Both he and Mr Lugovoi protest their innocence.The police may soon identify who administered the poison.
For example, a range of antibiotics -- including ciprofloxacin, penicillin and tetracyclines like doxycyline -- can rout anthrax if administered soon after exposure.
Human data demonstrates that sumatriptan is only effective if administered soon after migraine onset [8].
Treatment should be administered soon after the diagnosis because of the high rate of mortality associated with the rupture of these lesions.
Of particular interest are the demonstrations that the drugs act when administered soon after training, in experiments using a posttraining design that distinguishes effects on memory from effects on non-mnemonic factors such as motivation or sensory-motor functions.
In previous reports in a rodent model of myocarditis [15, 16], EPO treatment produced substantial reductions in macrophage infiltration and necrosis while rescuing cardiac function when administered soon after the onset of autoimmune pathology.
The first symptoms, such as fever, aches, and nausea, are similar to those of less serious illnesses, but they can escalate quickly and cause death if antibiotics aren't administered soon after they first appear.
Initial experiments using the model suggest that a single anthelmintic treatment, administered soon after patency of initial infection, may effectively control environmental contamination with Parascaris spp. eggs while allowing a small 'refugia' of susceptibility to delay the emergence of anthelmintic resistance.
