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Snake venom effect on human blood (Original Post) NewJeffCT Oct 2013 OP
FUCKING SNAKES! NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #1
Most snakes are pretty cool. antiquie Oct 2013 #2
thanks NewJeffCT Oct 2013 #4
NOPE LadyHawkAZ Oct 2013 #3
And there is a guy injecting it for fun. jakeXT Oct 2013 #5
There are all kinds of crazy people doing stupid things. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #6
What surprised me is the story of William Haast and the multiple sclerosis & arthritis health claims jakeXT Oct 2013 #7
There is also a vast difference between scientific study and the search for a good high. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #8
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. FUCKING SNAKES!
Mon Oct 14, 2013, 12:14 PM
Oct 2013

That's creepy.

And is there a snake in each one of those pots in that room???

FUCK!

 

antiquie

(4,299 posts)
2. Most snakes are pretty cool.
Mon Oct 14, 2013, 12:56 PM
Oct 2013

Last edited Mon Oct 14, 2013, 03:05 PM - Edit history (1)

Some poisonous snakes are neurotoxic, not all are hemotoxic.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
7. What surprised me is the story of William Haast and the multiple sclerosis & arthritis health claims
Tue Oct 15, 2013, 09:52 AM
Oct 2013
Mr. Haast and a Miami doctor treated more than 6,000 people with a snake-venom serum that they and their patients contended was effective against multiple sclerosis and arthritis. After the CBS News program “60 Minutes” did a report on the subject in December 1979, interest in the serum surged. But in 1980 the Food and Drug Administration banned the product as useless after saying that numerous deficiencies had been found in Mr. Haast’s manufacturing process. Nevertheless, researchers have continued to work on drugs made from venom in the hope of using it to treat cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

http://www.cobraman.net/33581.html

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
8. There is also a vast difference between scientific study and the search for a good high.
Tue Oct 15, 2013, 10:48 AM
Oct 2013
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