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” (Hulu). 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 in 1989 as an antidepressant. It was pulled … [Read more...]
The Dantastic Mr Tox & Howard Episode 2 – Snakes on a Podcast
Join Dan and Howard as they cross paths with snake & scorpion enthusiast, Dr. Michelle Ruha (@MichelleRuha) and discuss our venomous friends, favorite encounters and herpetologic love. Thanks to Josh Shelov (@shelovj) and our house band, Pretty Simple … [Read more...]
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 cram studying session, drank too many energy drinks … [Read more...]
The Dantastic Mr Tox & Howard Episode 1 – Primum, Non Nocere
Join our intrepid friends as they launch their new endeavor with the help of Dr. David Juurlink (@DavidJuurlink) and discuss the ongoing opioid epidemic. http://traffic.libsyn.com/dantastictox/Primum_Non_Nocere.mp3 Subscribe to listen more on iTunes or Spotify! Be sure to rate and review. Thanks! … [Read more...]
#FOAMtox
Time for Toxicologists to Stop Dogging It by Meghan Spyres & Jeff Lapoint Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM), a term coined by Chris Nickson and Mike Cadogan in 2012, has been defined as a collection of free web-based resources, primarily made up of blogs and podcasts. They also defined it as a community and an ethos, centered around the … [Read more...]