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Venom from poisonous snakes—e.g., water moccasins, cobras, coral snakes, rattlesnakes, etc.—which some health fraudsters claim is useful for arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions
Adverse effects Blurred vision, headaches, vertigo, possibly death

snake venom

The poisonous secretion of the labial glands of certain snakes. Venoms contain proteins, chiefly toxins and enzymes, which are responsible for their toxicity. They are classified as neurocytolysins, hemolysins, hemocoagulins, proteolysins, and cytolysins on the basis of the effects produced.

See also: venom

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