Is mannitol the treatment of choice for patients with ciguatera fish poisoning?

Published in: Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2017)

It is reasonable to consider using intravenous mannitol in cases of acute ciguatera fish poisoning. Medications used in other neuropathic syndromes appear to suppress the paresthesiae of persistent ciguatera cases. However, the human evidence is of low quality for all treatments.

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