[SPAM?] The developing Indian Holocaust (was Re: Autism Speaks Research

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In addition, four other plasma-derived products remain on the market

that contain or contained ethyl mercury preservatives. They are as

follows:

Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent (Equine); Pit viper snake

antivenom, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc

Antivenin (Micrurus fulvius); Coral snake antivenom (Equine),

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc

Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine); Pit viper snake

antivenom, Protherics Inc

Antivenin (Lacrodectus mactans); Black Widow spider antivenom

Equine), Merck & Co, Inc

Pit Viper [Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent, licensed 1954] and

Coral Snake [Antivenin (Micrurus fulvius), licensed 1967]

antivenoms by Wyeth

These products are equine antisera. They are in lyophilized form

and when reconstituted contain 0.005% thimerosal (50 micrograms per

milliliter). The diluent, WFI, contains the preservative

phenylmercuric nitrate at 0.001% concentration (10 micrograms per

milliliter). A patient bitten by a snake may receive 15 or more vials

(doses of 50 vials have been reported) if the envenomization is

severe. A 15 vial dose of this antivenom would contain 4.7 milligrams

of mercury.

Wyeth plans to discontinue these products; however, the current

supply will last several years, until each lot reaches its expiration

date. Rattlesnake bites are dangerous and can cause serious morbidity

or mortality. In the interest of the public health these products need

to be available until sufficient ethyl mercury-free product can be

provided to the public.

Pit Viper antivenom [Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine)

licensed October 2000, Protherics]

Mercury is not added to the final product in the form of a

preservative, but thimerosal is used to assure that the chromatography

columns used in the manufacturing of this product do not become

bacterially contaminated with repeated use. The product was approved

but the ethyl mercury content was limited to not more than 104.5

micrograms ethyl mercury per vial, with a recommended maximum dose of

18 vials. A patient receiving this product would receive about 1.88

milligrams of mercury.

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> > > Actually, I think the pre-1943 there were plenty of artistic

> > Indians, just not any autistic Indians. The diagnosticians are

> > spelling-challenged!

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> > > Screws up everything.

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