Neuroskeptic has a nice post about Absinthe Fact and Fiction.
Speaking of absinthe and fiction, here’s a beautiful passage from Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls describing the interior monologue as Robert Jordan — fighting in the Spanish Civil War — recalls Paris as he contemplates a shot of ”la fée verte“:
It was a milky yellow …
Clinical Events in Mad Honey Poisoning: A Single Centre Experience. Bostan M et al. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol Jan 2010;84:12-22.
As TPR noted in a previous post entitled “Mad Honey Sex“, pollen of certain Rhododendron species contains grayanotoxins, cyclic hydrocarbons that maintain sodium channels of nervous tissue in the open position, depolarizing the nerve cells. Important …
Following the deaths of two teenagers in the U.K. apparently from mephedrone over the last week, the Guardian has posted a long discussion regarding the drug, its effects, and the current state of its regulation in Britain. As TPR reported in January, mephedrone — sometimes called meow-meow because it is related to Khat – is a strong sympathomimetic with …
The Outcomes of Unintentional Pediatric Bupropion Ingestions: A NPDS Database Review. Meuhler MC et al. J Med Toxicol (published online 06 March 2010)
(abstract not available online)
Bupropion, an atypical antidepressant, inhibits re-uptake of dopamine and norepinephrine. It is used as an aid to stop smoking as well as an antidepressant. Major effects of overdose include …
In a recent article, a reporter fromUSA Today tries to track down the cause of this little known malady, in which a strange metallic taste is reported to develop several days after eating pine nuts (metallogeusia). She is unsuccessful.…
The TimesOnline‘s compilation of the Top 50 World Cup goals has made TPR wish he could be re-born as a striker.…
Adulterated Cocaine and Lessons Learned from the Jake Walk Blues. Wiegand TJ J Med Toxicol (published online 11 March 2010 ahead of print).
No abstract available online
In this very interesting short article, T.J. Wiegand from the Northern New England Poison Center uses recent reports that a large percentage of cocaine coming into the United States has been contaminated …
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Okay, this is not really a “Tox Tune” — it’s more like a tox “Looney Toon”. But like the “nose powder” clip from Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, “Mickey’s Garden” — only the second Mickey Mouse short produced in color — gives amazing insight into the role of drug themes in . . .
EMCrit Blog has an excellent discussion of a recent JAMA paper concerning non-invasive early goal-directed therapy of severe sepsis in selected patients, using lactate clearance and ultrasound evaluation of fluid status instead of a central line. On the podcast, Scott Weingart interviews Alan Jones, the lead author of the paper.…
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