VX


What is it?

  VX is known by its U.S. Army codename -- is the deadliest nerve agent ever created and is the only significant nerve agent created since World War II.

What are the symptoms of this type of attack?

  VX is a nerve agents and so has the same type of effects as sarin, soman and toban.  VX disrupts the transmission of communications between nerve cells.  Death usually occurs within 15 minutes after absorption of a fatal dose.

Treatment of Victims 

  Again it is treated the same as all nerve agents like tabun with atropine.


Chemical Agents Page

Back to History