While nerve gas affects the body quite fast and can lead to death, a little amount of exposure can be treated to save the individual's life. Standard procedure for treatment includes the use of anticholinergic to control the nerve gas effects along with the use of an oxime used as an antidote. The anticholinergic is used to treat the symptoms of the nerve gas by controlling the acetylcholine effects. Meanwhile, the oxime concentrates on displacing the phosphate molecules from the cholinesterase enzyme’s active site to help in the acetylcholine breakdown. However, in the military to save time, to reduce the effects of Sarin nerve gas, this combination is issued in an autoinjector.