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Antidotes) Jump to: navigation, search  An antidote is a
substance which can counteract a form of poisoning.[1] The term
ultimately derives from the Greek αντιδιδοναι antididonai,
"given against".  The antidotes for some particular toxins are
manufactured by injecting the toxin into an animal in small
doses and extracting the resulting antibodies from the host
animals' blood. This results in an antivenom that can be used to
counteract poison produced by certain species of snakes,
spiders, and other venomous animals. A number of venoms lack a
viable antivenom, and a bite or sting from an animal producing
such a toxin often results in death.[citation needed] Some
animal venoms, especially those produced by arthropods (e.g.
certain spiders, scorpions, bees, etc.) are only potentially
lethal when they provoke allergic reactions and induce
anaphylactic shock; as such, there is no "antidote" for these
venoms because it is not a form of poisoning and anaphylac