by Dan Rusyniak I will admit when I thought about my next Tox and Hound post, I had no idea what I was going to write on. Normally, I get my ideas from a recent case, a resident talk, the bathroom stall, or a suggestion from one of our readers. But this time, […]
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 […]
The Dantastic Mr. Tox & Howard – S02E02 – The Podcast That Mistook its Pediatrician for a Pork Roll
Small Poisoned Humans with Dr. Diane Calello Join Dan (@drusyniak) &Howard (@heshiegreshie) as they chat with Dr. Diane Calello and learn what a pediatrician, pediatric emergency physician, addiction specialist, medical toxicologist and lyric soprano does for fun. Learn what makes a kid a kid and what special things to look out for when managing future […]
Tox and Hound – The Ethics & Etiquette of Just Standing There
by Andrew Stolbach This is one of two related, and complementary posts as part of a special series about ethanol in the ER. The first part can be found here. Old-fashioned physician wisdom teaches us everything we need to know about managing intoxicated patients. I have a cloth-bound edition of Austin Flint’s […]
Tox and Hound – The Birds and the (Mellan)bys
by Howard Greller This is one of two related, and complementary posts as part of a special series about ethanol in the ER. The second part can be found here. It was the end of the first World War. In a small corner of England, Sir Dr. Edward Mellanby (Doctor Sir?) performed one […]