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=== Toxicity === C-4 has toxic effects on humans when ingested. Within a few hours multiple generalized seizures, vomiting, and changes in mental activity occur.<ref name="trippy">{{Cite journal|title = Toxic Effects Following Ingestion of C4 Plastic Explosive|last1 = Stone|first1 = William J.|date = December 1969|journal = Arch Intern Med|doi = 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300220078015|pages = 726β730|last2 = Paletta|first2 = Theodore L.|last3 = Heiman|first3 = Elliott M.|last4 = Bruce|first4 = John I.|last5 = Knepshield|first5 = James H.|issue = 6|volume = 124|pmid = 5353482}}</ref> A strong link to [[Central nervous system|central nervous]] dysfunction is observed.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = The Neurotoxicity of Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) in a Child: A Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation|last1 = Woody|first1 = Robert C.|date = 1986|journal = Clinical Toxicology|doi = 10.3109/15563658608992595|pmid = 3746987|pages = 305β319|last2 = Kearns|first2 = Gregory L.|issue = 4|volume = 24|last3 = Brewster|first3 = Marge A.|last4 = Turley|last5 = Sharp|first4 = Charles P.|first5 = Gregory B.|last6 = Lake|first6 = Robert S.}}</ref> If ingested, patients may be administered a dose of [[active charcoal]] to [[adsorb]] some of the toxins, and [[haloperidol]] intramuscularly and [[diazepam]] intravenously to help the patient control seizures until it has passed. However, ingesting small amounts of C-4 is not known to cause any long-term impairment.<ref name="yummy">{{cite journal | author1=K Fichtner, MD | title=A plastic explosive by mouth | date=May 2002 | journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine | volume=95 | issue=5 | location=U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo | pages=251β252 | quote=C4 contains 90% cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) | doi=10.1177/014107680209500510| pmc=1279680 | pmid=11983768}}</ref>
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