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Q: What do🐍 snakes have to do with ICU pharmacology?
A: A lot! We use 💊medications derived from snake venom every day in fact!

Buckle up for a fun 🧵of #UnusualDrugDiscovery & #HistoryOfMedicine about medications derived from from 🐍☠️snake venom! #FOAMed #FridayFun
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First a question: which of the following snake venoms have been used to develop medical therapies?

(don't worry we’ll go over the answer at the end)
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It was long known that workers in banana plantations would collapse due to low blood pressure if they were bitten by the Brazilian Arrow Headed Pit Viper Bothrops jararaca.

A Brazilian graduate student - Sergio Ferreira - thought this could be useful...
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