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krz
at Wed Nov 22 09:01:49 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by krz ]
Chris,
Ask the FDA. The regulations for investigational drugs require that expired antivenoms (which are considered investigational because they are not FDA approved) be destroyed.
Alternately, why not contact any foreign supplier of antivenom and ask if you can return expired products to them for credit? Sorry, but they will laugh and probably not even bother to reply to you.
I don't know who the other two doctors are that you spoke to. Maybe regional hospitals would be willing to get exotic antivenoms for potential patients- if so, why don't any hospitals have it now? That seems like the simplest thing in the world- go to your local hospital, tell them what you keep and what antivenoms you need, and voila! The antivenom will be there for you! That would be great, and if that is now possible I think everyone on this forum should do it immediately! But I doubt it will work that way.
The OSU person we did talk to. It was a strange conversation to say the least. I did not ask for the list of antivenoms that they had, (why would I when we have what we need?) but I did ask for her to provide info on where she could buy it in the US. Suprise, suprise, no info ever came forth. I told her that maybe I was wrong and just didn't know where to get it, and she could never name a company or provider here in the US. We are a legitimate facility- if she's really got some new info why would she not want to tell us or other zoos about it?
As an importer of antivenom for over 30 years, we have made every effort to stay current on what the new developments are. That doesn't mean we know everything, but the last exotic bite treated at OSU used our antivenom.
Jim Harrison and Kristen Wiley
Kentucky Reptile Zoo
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RE: Well.... - krz, Wed Nov 22 09:01:49 2006