The only effective drug is antivenin, which must be used with care.
I feel confident that antivenin suitable for the treatment of human cases will be developed and will prove equally as effective.
He has been bitten by snakes half a dozen times, recorded his numbed sensations and degrees of pain with cool scientific exactitude, and never used antivenin.
Snakebite victim out of hospital, on road to full recovery After 80 vials of antivenin and 15 days in the hospital spent recovering from a bite by a full-grown eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Ben Smith is back home and doing well.
June 17, 2013 - The Gainesville Sun