Pit viper bites may cause severe tissue damage or fatal envenomation, or both.
The physician responsible for treatment of an envenomated patient should be familiar with the contents of this brochure and the pertinent medical literature concerning current concepts of first-aid and general supportive therapy as presented in the references listed at the end of this pamphlet.
Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent, Wyeth, is a refined and concentrated preparation of serum globulins obtained by fractionating blood from healthy horses immunized with the following venoms: Crotalus adamanteus (Eastern diamond rattlesnake), C. atrox (Western diamond rattlesnake), C. durissus terrificus (tropical rattlesnake, Cascabel), and Bothrops atrox ("Fer-de-lance").
Antivenin is a sterile, non-pyrogenic antibody solution containing specific venom-neutralizing globulins obtained from blood serum of healthy equine immunized with venom.
Antivenin is used to treat patients suffering from symptoms caused by poisonoussnake bites.
Potency and efficacy of the antivenin is determined by neutralization tests using specific snakevenom and is standardized by biological assay in mice.
Reconstituted antivenin polyvalent may be administered intravenously in a 1:1 to 1:10 dilution in 0.9% sodium chloride injection or 5% dextrose injection.
Decisions concerning the dilution of antivenin to be used, and the rate of intravenous delivery of the diluted antivenin should take into account the age, weight, and cardiac status of the patient; the severity of the envenomation; and the interval between the bite and the initiation of specific therapy.
The decision to use additional antivenin should be based on the clinical response to the initial dose and on continuing assessment of the severity of poisoning.
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Box jellyfishantivenin belongs to a group of medicines known as antivenins.
Box jellyfishantivenin is to be used only by or under the supervision of a doctor or, in special circumstances, by paramedics.
Although there is no specific information comparing use of box jellyfishantivenin in the elderly with use in other age groups, this medicine is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in older people than it does in younger adults.
Antivenin is a medication that is given to stop snakevenom from binding to tissues and causing serious circulation or nervous system complications.
Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent has been used since 1954 and is made from the blood of horses that have been immunized against the venom of four types of poisonoussnakes.
Antivenin is not usually used for these bites because the risk of side effects from the antivenin may be greater than the effects of the snakebite.
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The antivenin counters the venom of the most deadly scorpions, including the bark scorpion, the only one of 30 species found in Arizona whose sting is considered life-threatening.
Until now, the only scorpionantivenin in the United States was made from goatantibodies at Arizona State University.
Doctors often shy away from using the Arizona-made antivenin because many people have an immediate allergic reaction to it or a delayed case of serum sickness.
A dog that has received antivenin in the past, (and is probably not in mortal danger from a rattlesnake bite anyway) should, in our opinion, never again receive antivenin unless bitten in the tongue, lip, or eyelid areas.
Pit viperantivenin is to be used only by or under the supervision of a doctor.
Although there is no specific information comparing use of pit viperantivenin in the elderly with use in other age groups, this medicine is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in older people than it does in younger adults.
The severity of the symptoms and the length of the sickness depend on the amount of pit viperantivenin you were given and how long the treatment lasted.
Pit viperantivenin is a medicine used to treat the bites of certain poisonoussnakes called pit vipers (crotalids), which are native to North America.
This particular pit viperantivenin is made from the blood of sheep and is used to treat the bites of the following types of pit viper: the Western Diamondback, Eastern Diamondback, and Mojave rattlesnakes, and the Copperhead snake or Water Moccasin.
Although there is no specific information comparing use of pit viperantivenin in children with use in other age groups, this medicine is not expected to cause different side effects or problems in children than it does in adults.
The Ontario Antivenin Bank was founded in 1999 by Bry Loyst and Rue Calton.
The purpose of this (non-profit) incorporated organization is to provide a reliable source of many kinds of antivenin for the sole purpose of saving human lives.
You will be told what antivenin is in stock and what is going to be ordered.
