By Diane Calello In 2001, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced to his listeners that he woke up one morning deaf in his right ear and that deafness had progressed to complete hearing loss over 4 months. A tentative diagnosis of autoimmune hearing loss was made, and he received cochlear implants, restoring his hearing. […]
Tox and Hound – Not For Human Consumption
by Dan Rusyniak At my poison center we have seen an increasing number of a calls related to a drug I had never heard of – Tianeptine. Tianewhat? Yes, I thought the same. Although I had not heard of it, this is a drug that has been around since the 1970’s. Synthesized in the 60’s […]
Tox and Hound – Dependence Isn’t Addiction, But It’s Still A Problem
by David Juurlink We need to talk about dependence—specifically, what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters. Dependence isn’t the same as addiction Dependence is a special type of drug-related harm. It’s an adaptive phenomenon resulting from exposure to a centrally-active drug and defined by the development of withdrawal symptoms […]