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 […]
The Purge
by Howard Greller An absurdists’ take on whole bowel irrigation Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows. – Epictetus, Discourses, 2.17.1 A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually. – Abba […]
Tox & Hound – Illbutrin
by Dan Rusyniak Let me just get this out of the way, I hate bupropion (Wellbutrin™ ) with the “white-hot intensity of a thousand suns”. There is nothing “Well” about this drug. It was first synthesized by Burroughs-Wellcome (no, you are not Wellcome) in 1966, and was first approved by the FDA […]
Cocaine and Beta Blockers – That Dogmalysis Won’t Hunt
by Jeff Lapoint Everyone wins, if winning is being angry – Alexis C. Madrigal There was a Life in the Fast Lane post in 2016 that chronicled an intrepid clinician justifying beta blocker use in cocaine toxicity. It began with a clinical vignette involving a student who, in attempting to make it through a […]
#FOAMtox
the inaugural the Tox and the Hound Post
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