UMassTox

@UMassTox

From the Fellowship and Division of Medical Toxicology at the University of Massachusetts. Tweets not medical advice. Cases altered to protect patient privacy.

Worcester, MA
Joined August 2011

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  1. Congrats to Dr. Cait Bonney matching at RMPDC & Dr. Tak Chiba matching at toxicology fellowships!

  2. MATCH! Our new tox fellows for 2017: Dr. Kale Whalen and Evan Bradley from . congrats!!

  3. The latest on serotonin syndrome in critical care toxicology by faculty in

  4. A vignette from WWI describing a chlorine gas attack on British soldiers.

  5. How do you make an herbal supplement work? Put a pharmaceutical in it.

  6. Star anise teas contaminated with Japanese variety- FDA advises not to drink anise teas d/t risk and no data to support efficacy

  7. Star anise- Chinese (Illicium verum) vis indistinguishable from toxic Japanese (I. anisatum) containing (neo-,pseudo-)anisatin

  8. 2moF jittery/projectile vomiting after fed tea for colic. Water/poison hemlock, aconitine, heavy metals, star anise?

  9. Thanks ! The start of a cool monitoring study

  10. Congrats to division faculty new director of undergrad med education !

  11. Pt took Phenibut - Soviet developed, GABA-b agonist. Widely available on grey-market

  12. I say 'cyclic coma', you say... carisoprodol ... or clonazepam.

  13. Synthetic cannabinoids - such as AB-FUBINACA can cause somnolence and bradycardia d/t indazole ring.

  14. Next up presents a case of a teen who presents somnolent after a recreational drug use..thoughts?

  15. Treating toxic alcohols: fomepizole induces its own metabolism, need to increase dose from 10 -->15 mg/kg after 48hrs

  16. Isopropyl etoh - metabolize to acetone = no AG. Can also back metabolize from acetone into isopropyl etoh

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