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 […]
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 […]
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