Joe de Casa's Snake Bite should have Led to an Arthritis Treatment

   I'm considering the case of Joe de Casa, and thinking there is something that could be done about arthritis.
   And, wondering why nothing is done.
   Back in 2002, BBC ran a story on Joe de Casa. He was bitten by an adder while working in his garden. A sufferer of arthritis, de Casa said the months following the bite were the only time in five years that he had not suffered from arthritis. de Casa quite wished scientists would look into the anti-inflammation properties of snake venom.
    And, what do we have to show for it, 15 years later?
   de Casa's case does not stand alone. Other arthritis sufferers have been bitten by snakes and bees and experienced a pause in their suffering. Somehow, it sure seems there is some medical relief that should have been delivered from snake venom by now.
   Why have we seen nothing come of this?
   I don't know if snake venom cream is the answer -- I do see that marketed for anti-aging. I don't know but what you would have to place the patient in a carefully watched hospital setting and inject him with the venom while he was comatose.
   Experiment on animals first, of course. But, has that even been done, after all these years?
   Tens of millions of Americans suffer from arthritis, perhaps one-quarter of all adults. Arthritis accompanies us toward death. The bee stings and snake bites perhaps wouldn't be cures, for the benefit might only last months, instead of being permanent.
   But, it would still be a big step towards ending one of the biggest maladies of the human race. I do not understand why the medical world has not found medicine in this, why we are not using snake bites and bee stings to relieve 40 million Americans.