By Diane Calello In 2001, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced to his listeners that he woke up one morning deaf in his right ear and that deafness had progressed to complete hearing loss over 4 months. A tentative diagnosis of autoimmune hearing loss was made, and he received cochlear implants, restoring his hearing. […]
Tox and Hound – To Bind or Not To Bind
by Jeanna Marraffa If you’re the gambling type, then this post is for you! 50/50 are pretty good odds, right? Or are they not and that’s why I never win in Vegas? I digress . . . let’s get back to the poll. Fifty percent of people said that they wouldn’t give digoxin-Fab to a […]
Tox and Hound – Talking Back to a Talking Antidote
By Andrew Stolbach Author’s note: I sat down to discuss the role of the out-of-hospital naloxone administration with Evzio® (Kaleo Pharmaceuticals), the world’s only talking naloxone auto-injector. Our interview is presented below in its entirety. AS: Thanks for coming today. Evzio®: To Inject. Place black end against outer thigh. Then press firmly. 5, 4, 3, […]
Tox and Hound – Not For Human Consumption
by Dan Rusyniak At my poison center we have seen an increasing number of a calls related to a drug I had never heard of – Tianeptine. Tianewhat? Yes, I thought the same. Although I had not heard of it, this is a drug that has been around since the 1970’s. Synthesized in the 60’s […]
Tox and Hound – Twisted Interactions
by Andrew Stolbach I. Depolarization Medicine should center on the patient, so I start this story with an anonymous person dropping dead.1 Perhaps this person first heard about the medication from a friend who raved about his new allergy pill. Then, the day of a routine doctor’s appointment, our patient saw an advertisement for […]
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