Associate Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacy practice, Vaagdevi College of Pharmacy, MGM Hospital, Warangal, A.P, India.

Associate Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacy practice, Vaagdevi College of Pharmacy, MGM Hospital, Warangal, A.P, India.

Assistant Professor Department of Pharmaceutics, Aurobindo College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Warangal, India
Children ,Lead ,Battery ,Household ,Paint ,Tissue and Bone ,

Lead is a natural component of the earth's crust with trace amounts existing in soil, water and plants. The aim of this study was to review the clinical features, kinetics, diagnosis & management of the poison. We develop a search strategy to find any publication about lead and its management. So we search Science Directory, Bentham Publishers, Google Search, Dove press & Pubmed bibliography database using the key phrase diagnosis, clinical features and its treatment. Our review enlighten the treatment allow a better prognosis with lower mortality rates. This review resulted, on the basis of relevant literature its suggested that future strategies have to be developed for innovation of newer molecules for treating lead poison & minimizing the complications associated with lead toxicity. This review may provide clear information to health care providers to pay more attention to develop a new drug molecule to manage the lead poison.

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