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North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)

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Overview

What is North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) is a sterile lyophilized powder for solution for injection containing serum globulins obtained by fractionating blood from healthy horses that have been immunized with eastern coral snake () venom. Prior to lyophilization, the product contains 0.25% phenol.



What does North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) look like?



What are the available doses of North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

Lyophilized powder in single use vial for reconstitution for injection. ()

What should I talk to my health care provider before I take North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

How should I use North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) is indicated only for the treatment of envenomation caused by bites of North American coral snakes - (including the eastern and Texas varieties).

For intravenous use only.


What interacts with North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

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What are the warnings of North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

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What are the precautions of North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

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What are the side effects of North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

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What should I look out for while using North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

Do not administer North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) prophylactically to asymptomatic patients. ()

Do not use in patients with a known history of hypersensitivity to horse serum unless the benefits outweigh the risks and appropriate management for anaphylactic reactions is readily available. ()


What might happen if I take too much North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

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How should I store and handle North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine)?

North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) is supplied as a sterile lyophilized powder in single use vial (NDC 0008-0423-01) in a carton (NDC 0008-0423-03).


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Clinical Information

Chemical Structure

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Clinical Pharmacology

North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) specifically binds to and neutralizes coral snake venom.

Non-Clinical Toxicology
Do not administer North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) prophylactically to asymptomatic patients. ()

Do not use in patients with a known history of hypersensitivity to horse serum unless the benefits outweigh the risks and appropriate management for anaphylactic reactions is readily available. ()

Patients sensitive to North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) or horse serum may develop anaphylaxis. Prior to intravenous North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) administration, consider performing a proper skin test and modify therapy if indicated.

Consider the following precautions to manage hypersensitivity reactions:

Patients who receive a course of treatment with a foreign protein such as North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) may become sensitized to it. Therefore, use caution when administering a repeat course of treatment with North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) for a subsequent envenomation episode.

The most common adverse reactions observed after treatment with North American Coral Snake Antivenin (Equine) were anaphylaxis and serum sickness, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Because these reactions were reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to estimate their frequency reliably or to establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.

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Reference

This information is obtained from the National Institute of Health's Standard Packaging Label drug database.
"https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/"

While we update our database periodically, we cannot guarantee it is always updated to the latest version.

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