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 […]
Tox and Hound – Snakes! Why’d it have to be SNAKES?
by Meghan Spyres Unless you suffer the over appreciated and never-ending summer of southern California, the warm weather season is winding down and fall is settling in. Though many will lament the end of iced coffees, sunny beaches, and carefree summer attire, for many toxicologists, we will quietly lament the end of snake season. Perhaps […]
Tox and Hound – 1080
by Chris Holstege Early in my career, I received a call from my emergency department (ED) that a local pest remover had an M44 cyanide device discharge in his face. He was hyperventilating while insufflating amyl nitrite. I began to look further into it and I was rather stunned at the number of markedly toxic […]
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