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RATTLESNAKE ANTI-VENOM
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by smvmarine on September 2, 2006
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I LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND I JUST GOT A WESTERN DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE I WAS TOLD THAT ALL RATTLESNAKE ANTI-VENOM IS THE SAME I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS TRUE OR IF EACH SPECIES OF RATTLESNAKE HAVE THERE OWN ANTI-VENOM
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by Cro on September 2, 2006
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CroFab antivenom is a Polyvalent, which means that it is made from a combination of snake venoms, and works on many North American pit-viper envenomations.
The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake is one of the venoms that are used to make this antivenom, so it would be what is used if you are bitten.
Hope this helps. JohnZ
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by Chris_Harper on September 2, 2006
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If you ever get bitten by that C.atrox, be sure to have your ER doctor consult with Poison Control, preferrably, Arizona Poison Control. Don't ask why, just trust me on this.
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by Phobos on September 3, 2006
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Follow Chris's instructions. You just received the best answer to your question.
Al
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by buzzard on March 7, 2007
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Chris, I found this thread, just at a time when I had been asking a lot of questions here locally, about the availability of crofab, and the question of expertise on venomous bite treatments, and if nothing else, it has made me doubly cautious about bites.
Even with a large university medical school combined with a county hospital, I find no one that claims much experience with the new fangled polyvents, and after thinking about the cost and shelf life of it, they would not want to store it anyway,so I would just like to have my own protocol in place so I could tell them what to do,or I could find myself at the mercy of a really frustrating situation that could have needless consequenses!
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