Arsenic death time

[Apollyon]

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There is something I can't seem to find anywhere. How long does it take arsenic to kill someone? Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months? I mean, you can find it for cyanide, mercury, lead, and other things. Arsenic, though, is the outlier.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[gutonc]

...asking for a friend

 

[thumbz]

Seems like days? but is dose dependant

Six days: A Fatal Case of Acute Arsenic Poisoning - PubMed
14 hours: Acute arsenic poisoning: clinical, toxicological, histopathological, and forensic features - PubMed

 

[Apollyon]

As I was reading, arsenic interferes with phosphorus metabolism, due to structural similarity. It's like lithium replacing sodium. And that adds to why I'm curious. After all, ATP has it right in the name!