Toxicology
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Case reports: Ingestion of aripiprazole precedes false positives for amphetamine use
Two children who had ingested aripiprazole but not amphetamines tested positive for amphetamine use in urine drug screens performed within 24...
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Complex picture emerges of prescription opioid abuse
The percentage of the “nonmedical” use of prescription opioids decreased among U.S. adults over the last decade, but the prevalence of opioid use...
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: One Last Kick—Transverse Myelitis After an Overdose of Heroin via Insufflation
A 17-year-old adolescent girl with a history of depression and opioid dependency is found unresponsive by her father.
Commentary
Metronidazole and alcohol
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Prescription opioid overdoses targeted in new CDC program
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First EDition: News for and about the practice of Emergency Medicine
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FDA warns of disabling joint pain from DPP-4 inhibitors
Most patients developed symptoms within a month of beginning treatment; however, some patients had been on a DPP-4 inhibitor for as long as a year...
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Picato adverse events prompt FDA warning
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: Managing Missed Methadone
After experiencing a fall, a 53-year-old woman with a history of intravenous drug use was referred by her methadone clinic for evaluation.
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Heroin use up across demographic groups from 2002 to 2013
The use of heroin doubled among women and more than doubled among non-Hispanic whites between 2002 and 2013.
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: When Doing More for the Sake of Better Health Goes Wrong
A 62-year-old man with a history of hypercholesterolemia and HIV infection presented for evaluation of diffuse myalgia and tea-colored urine.