Health Policy Journal Club: The Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic
Mandating use of prescription drug monitoring programs cuts opioids by up to 10% Opioid prescriptions in the United States have been
Atrial Fibrillation after Naloxone Administration: A Rare Complication of Opioid Reversal
Background Naloxone is a widely used antidote critical in reversing the lethal effect of respiratory depressi
Take-Home Naloxone: Preventing Death in an Era of Abuse
The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, resulting in a significant increase in overdose deaths.1 From 2000 to 2014, there was
Bupropion: Skinny Happy Drug or Toxicologic Menace?
A 24-year-old woman with a history of bulimia and depression is brought to the emergency department by ambulance. The patient is agitated and unab
Small, but Deadly: Nine Pediatric Toxic Ingestions that Can be Fatal at Low Doses
Part 1. Single-Pill Killers Introduction In this issue of EM Resident we present Part One in a two-part series on tox
Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis
Case A 52-year-old woman with a history of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, neuropathy, and frequent urinary tract infections arrives by ambulance for prog