Comments on: Anascorp and Scorpion Stings in Arizona

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:44:18 +0000

This little girl’s experience is word for word what my 4 year old son went through when stung by a scorpion hiding among his toys in his bedroom. It all happened so quickly and much of the details of his experience were lost in a blur when I tried to recount it for family and friends.

I had taken my son to Mendy’s Place at John C. Lincoln in Phoenix. Thankfully they were also taking part if the clinical trials. I can’t imagine having to ride something like this out without Anascorp. Just awful. I was very surprised (and very relieved) to see how quickly the antivenon worked. Thank heaven for it and thank goodness it will be more widely available now. Great article! Southwesterners should read it to be educated (a healthy fear of what can happen to remind everyone to wear shoes indoors and outdoors, and to be ever mindful of these native creatures) and know how significant the FDA’s approval on this really is.

By: Eye Doc

Eye Doc — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:08:11 +0000

I agree with adventure doc. My 6 year old son was stung by a bark scorpion in Las Vegas, Nevada. Within 15 minutes he developed many of the signs that the neuro toxin will cause discussed by adventure doc. I am an optometrist and had noticed the first sign being Nystagumus (uncontrolled eye movements). This led to grade 4 toxicity.

We had taken our son to St Rose Dominican which provided sedatives. They had suggested Anascorp antivenon which only Sunrise Hospital provided. My son was transported to Sunrise of which we obtained the antivenom within 6 hours of the initial event. Within 30 minutes many of the signs were improving and within 90 minutes were completely gone.

I was pretty amazed with the efficacy of Anascorp. Anybody with a scorpion sting should transport to Sunrise Hospital as they are the only local facility to provide this non FDA approved treatment as it is under FDA clinical trials.