Sodium thiosulfate (medical use)

Sodium thiosulfate, also spelled sodium thiosulphate, is used as a medication to treat cyanide poisoning, pityriasis versicolor, and to decrease side effects from cisplatin.[1][2] For cyanide poisoning it is often used after the medication sodium nitrite and typically only recommended for severe cases.[1][3] It is either given by injection into a vein or applied to the skin.[1]

For broader coverage of this topic, see Sodium nitrite.
Sodium thiosulfate
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Side effects may include vomiting, joint pain, mood changes, psychosis, and ringing in the ears.[2] Safety, however, has not been well studied.[4] It is unclear if use in pregnancy is safe for the baby.[2] Use at the same time in the same intravenous line as hydroxocobalamin is not recommended.[3] In cyanide poisoning sodium nitrite creates methemoglobinemia which removes cyanide from mitochondria.[3] Sodium thiosulfate then binds with cyanide creating the nontoxic thiocyanate.[3]

Sodium thiosulfate came into medical use for cyanide poisoning in the 1930s.[5] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[6] The cost in the United States per dose as of 2013 is about US$20 while together with sodium nitrite it costs US$110.[7]

Medical uses

The main use of sodium thiosulfate is in cyanide poisoning and pityriasis versicolor.[1]

Cyanide poisoning

Sodium thiocyanate is a classical antidote to cyanide poisoning,[8] For this purpose it is used after the medication sodium nitrite and typically only recommended for severe cases.[1][3] It is given by injection into a vein.[1]

In this use, sodium nitrite creates methemoglobinemia which removes cyanide from mitochondria.[3] Sodium thiosulfate then serves as a sulfur donor for the conversion of cyanide to the nontoxic thiocyanate, catalyzed by the enzyme rhodanase. The thiocyanate is then safely excreted in the urine.[3][9]

There are concerns that sodium thiosulfate may not have a fast enough onset of action to be very useful for this use without the additional use of other agents.[9]

In cases with both cyanide poisoning and carbon monoxide poisoning, sodium thiosulfate by itself is recommended.[10]

Hemodialysis

There is a small amount of evidence supporting the use of sodium thiosulfate to counteract calciphylaxis, the calcification of blood vessels that may occur in hemodialysis patients with end-stage kidney disease.[11][12]

However, it has been claimed that this treatment may cause severe metabolic acidosis in some patients.[13][14]

Sodium thiosulfate has been observed to help in the treatment of a rare systemic fibrosis condition caused by gadolinium-based contrast media in patients with kidney failure.[15]

The compound can also be used to measure the volume of extracellular body fluid and the renal glomerular filtration rate.[16]

Fungal infections of the skin

Foot baths of sodium thiosulfate are used for prophylaxis of ringworm. It is also used as a topical antifungal agent for tinea versicolor (pityriasis versicolor), possibly in combination with salicylic acid;[17][18] and for other fungal infections of the skin.[19]

Side effects

Side effects may include vomiting, joint pain, mood changes, psychosis, and ringing in the ears.[2] Safety; however, has not been well studied.[4] It is unclear if use in pregnancy is safe for the baby.[2] Use at the same time in the same intravensous line as hydroxocobalamin is not recommended.[3]

History

Sodium thiosulfate came into medical use for cyanide poisoning in the 1930s.[20]

References
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