Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine 2717-0616 4 2 2016 05 31 Rice tablet: An overview to common material in Iran 77 81 10.15171/jarcm.2016.013 EN Hassan Amiri Leila Vaseie Paria Habibollahi Niloufar Ghodrati Seied Mohammad Hoseini kasnavieh Journal Article 10.15171/jarcm.2016.013 2016 03 29 2016 04 24 Rice tablets or Aluminum phosphide (ALP) poisoning is one of the most lethal poisoning cases in the country, leading to high mortality, especially in youths every year. The management of aluminum phosphide poisoning remains purely supportive because no specific antidote exists. Although in various studies mortality rates has been reported ranged 40-80%. In many cases it marked too late, suspected to consume of Botanical rice tablets (garlic compound) and caused delay in aggressive treatment. Aluminium phosphide, is an effective insecticide and rodenticide, which is used widely in the storage place and transportation of grain as a fumigant to control rodents and pests. For many years, Aluminum and zinc phosphide have been strong insecticides and rodenticides, which are cheap and effective, and their residues are not toxic