by Chris Holstege In the practice of medicine at a public university, I often encounter the complaint from my patients that “someone must have slipped something into my drink”. Their rationale is that they have drunk this much on previous occasions, but this time they do not remember anything. I recently was […]
Tox & Hound – Small Poisoned Humans
by Diane Calello A patient is brought back from triage. He is uncooperative with your exam and it is difficult to obtain vital signs. His speech is mostly incoherent, and he is drooling. You notice with disgust that he is chewing on the bedrails. He is incontinent of urine and feces, but […]
Tox & Hound – aka AKA
by Dan Rusyniak Few things perk a toxicologist’s interest as much as a low bicarb and a high anion gap. To us an Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (AGMA, unlike MAGA) is a solvable mystery. You might remember from medical school the mnemonic MUDPILES or CAT MUDPILES. Looking at the list (from Wikipedia) […]
Tox & Hound: Tramadont
by David Juurlink Let’s get this out of the way, shall we? Tramadont. Not a word, you say? Look it up. The exhortation to avoid tramadol is met either with a sage nodding of the head, or with one of two other responses, occasionally draped in hostility: “But I’ve (taken it/prescribed it) […]
The Tox & The Hound – IS THIS ANYTHING?
by Andrew Stolbach Naloxone-resistant opioids I just read another paper about someone not waking up with naloxone after taking a synthetic opioid. The prospect of “narcan-resistant” opioids makes me think of David Letterman. When I was in elementary school I used to watch David Letterman’s show with my mother after school. This […]
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