by Dan Rusyniak No doubt the plateau in opioid deaths in many towns across America has led to a collective sigh of relief. And to be sure, fewer people dying is a very good thing. But, like the game Whac-A-Mole™, as soon as one epidemic decreases, another emerges. In the mid ’90s to the early […]
Tox and Hound – Great! Naloxone worked! Now what?
by Jon Cole In some ways, you never outgrow your training. Before my medical toxicology fellowship, I completed a residency in emergency medicine. It is my primary specialty and practice, and it’s by far the most common place I encounter most of the patients I see. As opioids have become the primary cause of poisoning […]