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Copperhead snake bites are the most common venomous bite in our area. In fact, North Carolina leads the nation as the state with the most snake bites. ... A typical treatment for a copperhead ...
Note: Over three-quarters of copperhead bites in North Carolina happen around the home. Nearly all the rest come from yard work or when walking in places you generally don’t expect a snake.
Duke Health is a trial site for a drug that could be the first universal antivenom to treat any kind of snake bite — including North Carolina’s ubiquitous copperhead.
The antivenom CroFab is used to treat copperhead envenomations that demonstrate localized or systemic reactions to the venom. As many copperhead bites can be dry (no envenomation), CroFab is not given in the absence of a reaction (such as swelling) due to the risk of complications of an allergic reaction to the treatment. [45]
Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab (ovine), sold under the brandname CroFab, is a snake antivenin, indicated for North American crotalid (rattlesnake, copperhead and cottonmouth/water moccasin) snake envenomation. [1]
CroFab antivenin has been used successfully to treat Osage copperhead bites, although a lack of complete cross-tolerance requires careful administration and close supervision during the full course of treatment to ensure that the lowest effective dose is administered (a lower dose would not fully treat the envenomation, and a higher dose may be ...
Here’s what UNC Health, Duke Health and WakeMed charge for antivenom, plus insurance coverage and discounts available.
Bite severity: Similar to a copperhead, severe but usually not as severe as other venomous N.C. snakes. Symptoms of their venom is similar to those present in copperhead bites.