There has also been some evidence to show that other components of the venom may aid in the regulation of insulin and could be used to treat diabetes. UsesДЄ component of the deathstalker's venom, the peptide chlorotoxin, has shown potential for treating human brain tumors.

The US Armed Forces maintain an investigational drug application for the AVPC-Riyadh antivenom in the event of envenomation of soldiers in the Gulf War theater of operations, and the Florida Antivenin Bank, managed by the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, maintains Sanofi Pasteur's Scorpifav antivenom for the deathstalker. In the United States and other countries outside of the typical range of the deathstalker, there is the additional complicating factor that none of the existing antivenoms are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (or equivalent agencies) and are only available as investigational drugs (INDs).

Envenomation by the deathstalker is considered a medical emergency even with antivenom treatment, as its venom is unusually resistant to treatment and typically requires large doses of antivenom. If a sting from Leiurus quinquestriatus does prove deadly, the cause of death is usually pulmonary edema.ДЄntivenom for the treatment of deathstalker envenomations is produced by pharmaceutical companies Twyford (German) and Sanofi Pasteur (French), and by the Antivenom and Vaccine Production Center in Riyadh. A study from Israel shows a high rate of pancreatitis following envenomation. Any envenomation runs the risk of anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction to the venom. However, young children, the elderly, or infirm (such as those with a heart condition and those who are allergic) are at much greater risk. While a sting from this scorpion is extraordinarily painful, it normally would not kill a healthy adult human.

Its venom is a powerful mixture of neurotoxins, with a low lethal dose. The deathstalker is one of the most dangerous species of scorpions. A deathstalker eating a cricket in captivity

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