Podcast – The Poison Review
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Episode #15: How easy is it to get addicted to opioids?
A recent article in the New York Times reported that there were likely more than 59,000 deaths from opioid overdose in the United States during the year 2016, an increase of 19% over the number of such deaths in 2015.
TPR Podcast Episode #14: VX and the Assassination of Kim Jong-Nam
When Kim Jong Nam — the half-brother of Korean leader Kim Jong Un — was assassinated in February while waiting for a flight at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, attention was focused on one of the deadliest chemicals in the world: the...
TPR Podcast Episode #13: Naloxone in the Age of Carfentanil
In this “Lucky 13” episode of the TPR podcast, Steven and Leon discuss naloxone, and address the following issues: - 1) Does the concept of a “heroin overdose patient” have meaning anymore in this age of U-47700, fentanyl, and carfentanil?
TPR Podcast Episode #12: 25 years of weird and wacky toxicology papers
The Poison Review started as a hard-copy newsletter and accompanying tape cassette in the summer of 1992, when George H.W. Bush was President. In this episode of the TPR podcast, Tim Ericsson, Steve Aks and I look back at some the the weirdest and wack...
TPR Podcast Episode #11: Google Glass and the Toxicologist
TPR Podcast Episode #11: Google Glass and the Toxicologist, with Dr. Peter Chai Written by Leon Gussow MD FACMT In this episode, Steve Aks and I talk to Dr. Peter Chai, a senior medical toxicology fellow at the University of Massachusetts in Worces...
TPR Podcast Episode #10: Synthetic cannabinoids, “Crazy Monkey,” and a man and his dog
In this episode of the Podcast, we discuss synthetic cannabinoids, the TuSH exam, and the tender story of a man and his dog. Enjoy!
Episode #9: TPR Podcast on hemodialysis in poisonings
In this episode, the team discusses recommendations regarding initiation of hemodialysis from the Extracorporeal Treatments in Poisoning (ExTRIP Workgroup). Specific agents covered include methanol, lithium, acetaminophen, and theophylline. Also,
TPR Podcast Episode #8: Pearls from NACCT
This episode of the TPR podcast will discuss pearls from some of our favorite posters at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology conference in New Orleans. Some of the questions we'll tackle include: -
TPR Podcast Episode #7: Interview with Guy Weinberg about lipid rescue therapy
NOTE: The audio quality of this recording is understandable but definitely choppy and sub-optimal. However, the concepts discussed are so important that we are uploading the file for those who want to listen.
TPR Podcast Episode #6: I’m tripping and I can’t get down
Although summer is over and the polar vortex is knocking at the door, in this episode of the TPR podcast we look back at massive summer music festivals and the drugs which can be encountered among attendees. Theresa Kim, Leon Gussow,