Browsing: Addiction Medicine

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Toxicology , Cardiology , Addiction Medicine

Dangerous Pill to Swallow: A Case Report

4/15/2024 Alaina Royalty, MD , Matthew Eisenstat, MD, FAAEM
Recent literature shows that illicit benzodiazepines have been associated with significant impairment, have higher potencies than standard benzodiazepines, and are harder to identify via screening met
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Op-Ed , Addiction Medicine , Recreational Drugs

The Fentanyl-Tainted Drug Supply Requires EDs to do More

3/26/2024 Timothy Kelly, MD
The ever-growing frequency of patients presenting to the emergency department with fentanyl overdoses — and fentanyl’s surging presence in cocaine and other black-market drugs — demands that we, as em
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Addiction Medicine , Toxicology , Medications

Case Report: A Review of Clonidine Overdose Management

3/19/2024 Rachel Martin, MD , Andrew Morgan, DO , Mark Gustafson, DO
Clonidine is a widely available drug and has been seen as the culprit in an increased number of intentional and accidental overdoses. Symptoms of toxicity include hypertension or hypotension, bradycar
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Patient Interactions , Addiction Medicine

Buprenorphine-Naloxone Initiation in a New York City ED: Interview With a Frontline Provider

8/1/2023 Georgianna Stoukides , Anthony Almeida, DO
Initiating buprenorphine-naloxone treatment in the ED helps patients who are ready to start treatment and educates them about their options. Introducing buprenorphine-naloxone as an option in the ED w

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Recent Updates on Opioids

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REBEL EM – Emergency Medicine Blog 09/06/2021

Episode 61: Advances in the Treatment of Opiate Addiction

EMIGcast 03/01/2019

Dr. Alister Martin’s Medical Entrepreneurship for Equity

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