Anavip
Generic name:antivenin (Crotalidae) polyvalent (AN tye VEN in (kroe TAL i dee) POL ee VAY lent)
Brand names: Anavip, CroFab
Drug class:Antitoxins and antivenins
What is Anavip?
Crotalidae antivenin is an anti-venom used to treat a person who has been bitten by a poisonous snake such as a rattlesnake or Water Moccasin.
Anavip may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Warnings
If possible before you receive Anavip, tell your doctor if you are allergic to any foods, animals, or other allergens.
In an emergency situation it may not be possible before you are treated to tell your caregivers about your health conditions or if you are pregnant or breast feeding. Make sure any doctor caring for you afterward knows that you have received this medication.
Before taking this medicine
If possible before you receive Crotalidae antivenin, tell your doctor if you allergic to any foods, animals, or other allergens. Before treating you with this medicine, your caregivers should know if you are allergic to papaya, papain, pineapples, sheep, horses, dust mites, or latex.
Also tell your doctor if you have:
a bleeding or blood clotting disorder such as hemophilia;
cancer;
congestive heart failure; or
an overactive thyroid.
Crotalidae antivenin is made from the blood or plasma of healthy horses or sheep. Animal blood or plasma may contain viruses and other infectious agents. Blood and plasma are tested and treated to reduce the risk of it containing infectious agents, but there is still a small possibility it could transmit disease. Talk with your doctor about the risks and benefits of using this medication.
It is not known whether this medicine will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant.
It is not known whether Crotalidae antivenin passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
In an emergency situation it may not be possible to tell your caregivers if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. Make sure any doctor caring for your pregnancy or your baby knows you have received this medicine.
How is Anavip given?
Treatment with Crotalidae antivenin should be started as soon as possible after the first appearance of symptoms of a snake bite (fang marks in the skin with swelling or redness and pain, blurred vision, sweating, increased salivation, vomiting, uncontrolled bleeding, trouble breathing, weakness, loss of muscle control, or numbness in the face or body).
Crotalidae antivenin is injected into a vein through a...
