Methanol poisoning

MONDO:0017860

Methanol poisoning is a rare poisoning resulting in elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis, due to the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)-mediated production of formic acid (which is poisonous to the central nervous system), and characterized by dizziness, nausea, vomiting, confusion, metabolic acidosis, visual disturbances (which if left untreated can lead to blindness), coma, and death (due to respiratory failure).

4 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 2 tagged with Methanol poisoning itself.

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Breathing device for poisoning treatment study pulled

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This study was designed to see if a special breathing technique called isocapnic hyperventilation could help remove methanol from the blood of poisoned patients, similar to dialysis. Researchers planned to give the antidote fomepizole and use a breathing device while measuring me…

Phase 1 • Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital • Aim: Knowledge-focused

Last updated Jun 27, 2026 09:04 UTC

Methanol poisoning

Where it sits in the disease tree

Breathing device for poisoning treatment study pulled