by Sarah Shafer As promised in my last post, where I discussed the utility of naloxone in clonidine overdose, we’re going to spend some time today talking about clonidine in opioid withdrawal. Is it a useful therapy for treating opioid withdrawal, or like Claudius in Hamlet, a gaslighting distractor? Before we dive in, let me […]
Tox and Hound – Narcan’t
by Sarah Shafer You’re taking care of a 4-year-old who got into some medication. His pupils are small, his heart rate is slow, and he’s more drowsy than a resident at a late night party. Toxidrome fluent, you give him a slug of naloxone . . . and . . . nothing happens. […]