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    Antivenom (redirect from Antivenins)
    Antivenom, also known as antivenin, venom antiserum, and antivenom immunoglobulin, is a specific treatment for envenomation. It is composed of antibodies...
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  • polyvalent immune Fab (ovine), sold under the brandname CroFab, is a snake antivenin, indicated for North American crotalid (rattlesnake, copperhead and cottonmouth/water...
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    and maintaining an antivenom supply, means that antivenom (also called "antivenin") production in the United States has ceased. According to Pfizer, the...
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    the production of coral snake antivenin has been discontinued for several years. Prior to the availability of antivenin, the fatality rate of coral snake...
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    start with antivenin therapy for coral snake bites, even if no symptoms are found yet. Wyeth discontinued the manufacture of coral snake antivenin in 2010...
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    March 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021. "Antivenin (Micrurus fulvius equine origin) North American Coral Snake Antivenin". Pfizer Hospital US. Archived from...
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    severe hypersensitivity reactions including anaphylaxis to scorpion antivenin are possible. Scorpion stings are a public health problem, particularly...
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    Report, Snakes & Scorpions in Iraq & Antivenin Sources.pdf Venomous Snakes and Scorpions in Iraq, and Their Antivenin Sources[dead link] at 311th Human Systems...
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  • rather than an elapid. It can also be used to assess the effectiveness of antivenin therapy. This test indirectly measures the severity of defibrinogenation...
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    bite being somewhat low. The venom is highly neurotoxic, and no known antivenin is currently available for this species. Any bite or spit-sprayed venom...
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    activity and cardiovascular toxic effects or neuromuscular toxic effects. Antivenin is the specific treatment for scorpion envenomation combined with supportive...
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  • Anavip (stylized as ANAVIP) is the trade name of a snake antivenin indicated for the management of adult and pediatric patients with North American rattlesnake...
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    a pin prick, a doctor was seen within about 25 minutes, and 10 cm3 of antivenin were administered. Within 2.5 hours, his entire arm was swollen and the...
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    significant due to their extremely low concentrations. [citation needed] CroFab antivenin has been used successfully to treat Osage copperhead bites, although a...
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    Bush, Sean P.; Heard, Kennon; et al. (September 2019). "The Efficacy of Antivenin Latrodectus (Black Widow) Equine Immune F(abʹ)2 Versus Placebo in the...
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    (aged 70) Paris, France Nationality French Known for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin antivenin Scientific career Fields Bacteriology Institutions Pasteur Institute...
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    water moccasin in captivity (Agkistrodon piscivorus) (female)". Bull. Antivenin Inst. Amer. 3: 61–64. Cope ED (1860) (dated 1859). "Catalogue of the venomous...
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    envenomation of soldiers in the Gulf War theater of operations, and the Florida Antivenin Bank, managed by the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, maintains Sanofi...
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    Huang, G. Steven (2004). "Inhibitory effects on phospholipase A2 and antivenin activity of melanin extracted from Thea sinensis Linn". Life Sciences...
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    product was unavailable by 2004. A Mexican-produced antivenom, Anascorp [Antivenin Centruroides (scorpion) F(ab′)2, Laboratorios Silanes, Instituto Bioclon...
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    JSTOR 24103245. Bawaskar HS, Bawaskar PH (January 2007). "Utility of scorpion antivenin vs prazosin in the management of severe Mesobuthus tamulus (Indian red...
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  • the toxic substance found in venomous animals. It may also refer to: Antivenin, a biological product used in the treatment of venomous bites or stings...
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    Compartment Pressures from Copperhead Envenomation Successfully Treated with Antivenin". The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 46 (1): 34–37. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed...
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    symptoms may resolve naturally, or more rapidly through administration of antivenin or drugs that inactivate acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme which naturally...
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    possibly immune. Vipera ammodytes venom is used in the production of antivenin for the bite of other European vipers and the snake is farmed for this...
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  • Albino Asian cobra and the hospital that he is taken to does not have the antivenin that can save his life. "Cave Save" October 28, 1990 Alabama Rescuers...
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    the charmers provided a valuable source of snake venom for creating antivenins.[citation needed] The practice is no longer legal in India following changes...
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    Hani-Ayobe, M (January 1973). "Immunological studies on Egyptian cobra antivenin". Toxicon. 11 (1): 31–34. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(73)90148-7. PMID 4199120...
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    Zolfagharian, H.; Teimorzadeh, Sh. (June 2010). "Production of effective antivenin to treat cobra snake (Naja naja oxiana) envenoming". Archives of Razi...
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    Society of London, 1933. Quote: "In modern times with the miracle of antivenin treatments and hospitalization in countries such as Israel, documented...
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