ToxNow

Sep 23 2019 46 ep. 36 mins 5.6k
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Discussion of current and past medical toxicology cases, issues, research. Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, but mostly drugs.

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ToxNow FemToxx Episode 3: Shireen Banerji

Sep 23 2019 24 mins  
In this episode we continue our FemToxx podcast from Dr Jennie Buchanan. We talk to Shireen Banerji about her career in tox, where she started and what inspired her. We ask her about being a woman in tox. And pass along some clinical pearls. #ILookLikeAToxicologist

ToxNow FemToxx Episode 2: Saralyn Williams

Dec 27 2018 22 mins  
In this episode we continue our FemToxx podcast from Dr Jennie Buchanan. We talk to Dr. Saralyn Williams about her career in tox, where she started and what inspired her. We ask her about being a woman in tox. And pass along some clinical pearls. #ILookLikeAToxicologist        

ToxNow FemToxx Episode 1: Tammi Schaeffer

Sep 06 2018 15 mins  
In this episode we introduce a new FemToxx podcast from Dr Jennie Buchanan. In this inaugural episode we talk to Dr. Tammi Schaeffer about her career in tox, where she started and what inspired her. We ask her about being a woman in tox. And pass along some clinical tips on lomotil toxicity. #ILookLikeAToxicologist

Episode 42 Lewis Goldfrank

May 31 2018 20 mins  
In this episode we talk to Lewis Goldfrank about his early life and how he ended up in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology and the creation of Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies

Episode 41 Kratom: Friend or Foe

Apr 07 2018 22 mins  
In this episode we talk to Ed Boyer about Kratom, pharmacology, legal status, and discuss recent reports of adverse effects. * Boyer et al Self-treatment of opioid withdrawal using kratom (Mitragynia speciosa korth) * FDA response to Kratom * Bradford Hill Criteria Take Home Points: * Kratom is an opioid agonist * Patients should not mix Kratom with other substances * Patients

Episode 40 Tox N Shakespeare

Feb 11 2018 37 mins  
In this episode Nick Brandehoff and Robin Brandehoff help us look at the toxins in several of William Shakespeare’s plays. Some assorted links to materials we reference are below: Complete Works of William Shakespeare The Poison Garden on Water Hemlock Toxicity from mandrake berries used as a sexual aid from The Poison Review Wild pansy Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Pla

Episode 39 Tox Ultrasound

Dec 14 2017 37 mins  
On this episode we talk to Kennon Heard, Juliana Wilson, and Resa E. Lewiss about using ultrasound in calcium channel blocker overdose. We look at some cases from a case series. More info on bedside echo https://www.acep.org/sonoguide/cardiac.html and on E-point Septal Separation (EPSS) TakeHome Points * Ultrasound can be an important part of the tox exam, especially when dealing

Episode 38 Infant Death from Myocarditis After THC

Nov 20 2017 11 mins  
A special hot off the presses edition where we talk to Chris Hoyte (@TheGoldenMean) about his recent case report about a pediatric death from myocarditis with exposure to THC. We'll discuss the case and the controversy surrounding it. More info ToxNow.org

Episode 37 Kids on Pot

Sep 25 2017 38 mins  
In this episode we partner with Jason Woods (@jwoodsmd) at LittleBigMed.com to talk with Sam Wang about pediatric marijuana exposures in Colorado.

Episode 36 PSA on First Responders and Fentanyl

Aug 14 2017 18 mins  
On this episode we talk to Andrew Stolbach (@toxicologist12) about the recent position statement on preventing fentanyl exposure in EMS from AACT/ACMT. We discuss the science behind it, the stories that prompted it, and call for a return to reason. Links at ToxNow.org