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      Toxicology Question of the Week

      The Toxicology Question of the Week is a venue that addresses interesting questions that have been asked of the Poison Center or are topics of relevance. The TPC toxicologists will contribute to the Question of the Week. If you have any subjects you would like to have addressed, please email Dr. Rebecca Bruccoleri at rebecca.e.bruccoleri@vumc.org. 

      If you wish to be added to the distribution list, please email Ashley Nicholson at ashley.e.nicholson@vumc.org.

       

      January 20, 2023: Approaches for Harm Reduction in the State of Tennessee

      Overdose, Heroin, Opiates, Opiate Addiction, Fentanyl

      January 13, 2023: Should the government dispense drugs in safe places? 

      Heroin, Fentanyl, Opiate Addiction, Overdose

      September 23, 2022: Why do therapeutic pharmacokinetics not apply to drugs in overdose? What determines observation time?

      Pharmacokinetic, Xenobiotic, Antipsychotic, Bupropion OD, Buproprion, Overdose

      September 9, 2022: What is the value in knowing the half-life of a drug taken in a large overdose? 

      Overdose, Xenobiotic, MAO inhibitor, Salicylates, Pharmacokinetic, Toxicokinetic

      March 18, 2022: What adulterants are found in blood of OD patients?

      Adulterants, Overdose, Quinine, SE-arrhythmia, Levamiso, Phenacetin, Phenacetin, Hydroxyzine, thrombocytopenia, psychoactive drugs

      July 16, 2001: What is the approach to the patient with clonidine overdose?

      Clonidine, Overdose
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      Question of the Week Index

      • NO-himbine
      • 2PAM
      • 4-aminopyridine
      • 5-HTP
      • 5-hydroxytryptophan
      • AAP Policy
      • ACE Inhibitor
      • ADD
      • ADHD
      • ADHD Medications
      • APAP
      • APAP Nomogram
      • Acetyl Fentanyl
      • Acrylonitrile
      • Adderall
      • Adulterants
      • Agitation
      • Agranulocytosis
      • Alcohol
      • Alcohol Vaping
      • Amygdalin
      • Anthrax
      • Antidepressants
      • Antihistamine
      • Antihistamine OD
      • Antipsychotic
      • Antiretroviral Drugs
      • Antivenom Index
      • Arsenic
      • Asymptomatic Bradycadia
      • Atrovent
      • Autism
      • Avon Bug Guard
      • Azithromycin
      • BAL
      • BBQ
      • BENZODIAZEPINES
      • BRSB
      • BZDP
      • Bath Salts
      • Bear Spray
      • Beta Blocker OD
      • Beta blocker
      • Biotin
      • Bisphenol
      • Bleach
      • Bleach Mixing
      • Blood Sugar
      • Botulism Antitoxin
      • Bradycardia OD
      • Breast Feeding
      • Bromo-DragonFly
      • Brown Recluse Spider Bite
      • Buprenorphine
      • Bupropion OD
      • Buproprion
      • Button Batteries
      • Button Battery
      • CBD
      • CCB
      • CNS Depression
      • CO
      • CO Detector
      • Caffeine
      • Call Exposures
      • Call Routing
      • Call Volume
      • Carbamates
      • Carbon Monoxide
      • Caterpillar
      • Cereal
      • Charcoal
      • Chemical Agents
      • Chemical Terrorism
      • Chemical Weapons
      • Chemiluminescence
      • Children
      • Chlorine Dioxide
      • Cholinergic Poisoning
      • Christmas
      • Christmas Tree Lights
      • Cigarette Ingestion
      • Ciguatera/Scombroid
      • Cinnamon Challenge
      • Cisatracunum/Phenylephrine
      • Cleaning Products
      • Clinical Bits
      • Clonidine
      • Cocaine
      • Colloidal Silver
      • Common Exposures
      • Compazine
      • Compunding
      • Covid-19
      • Covid-19 and TPC
      • Crofab
      • Cucurbitacin
      • Cyanide
      • Cyclical Vomiting
      • DEET
      • DEWshine
      • Dabigatran
      • Date Rape Drugs
      • Decorative Gourds
      • Deferoxamine
      • Delerium
      • Delta-8
      • Delta-9
      • Dental Amalgams
      • Designer Drugs
      • Detergents
      • Dibutyl Phthalate
      • Dietary Supplements
      • Diethylene glycol
      • Digi-Fab
      • Digoxin
      • Diphenhydramine
      • Diphenyl Oxalate
      • Diuretics
      • Dopamine
      • Doxycycline
      • Drug Abuse
      • Drug Quantitation
      • Drugs of Abuse
      • E-Cigarettes
      • ED visits
      • EMLA
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      • EMS
      • Ebola
      • Ecstacy
      • Edema
      • Edible Marijuana
      • Enhancements
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      • Extracts
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      • Flood
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      • Gingko Biloba
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      • Green Tea Extract
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      • H1N1 Vaccinations
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      • Hemodialysis
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      • Herbal Products
      • Heroin
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      • Holiday Hazards
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      • Hookah
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      • Hydrogen Peroxide
      • Hydrogen Peroxide Ingestion
      • Hydroxocobalamin
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      • Hydroxyzine
      • Hyperinsulinemic Euglycemia
      • INH
      • IOM Report
      • IV N-AC
      • Inhalant Abuse
      • Inhalants
      • Injectable Promethazine
      • Insecticides
      • Intro to Question of the Week
      • Ipecac
      • Ivermectin
      • K2
      • Ketamine
      • Kratom
      • Kratom shots
      • L-tryptophan
      • Laboratory Testing
      • Lamp Oil
      • Laundry Detergent Packets
      • Lead Poisoning
      • Lead Testing
      • Lethal Seeds
      • Levamiso
      • Levothyroxine
      • Lindane
      • Liquid Nicotine
      • Lithium
      • Loperamide
      • Lpecac
      • Lucemyra
      • MAO inhibitor
      • MDAC
      • MDD
      • Managing Director
      • Mandatory Reporting
      • Marijuana Use
      • Massive APAP OD
      • Medical Director TPC
      • Medication Disposal
      • Medications
      • Melamine
      • Melatonin
      • Mercury
      • Metformin
      • Meth Labs
      • Methadone
      • Methamphetamine
      • Methanol
      • Methb
      • Methemoglobinemia
      • Methotrexate
      • Milk-Thistle
      • Mole Beans
      • Morus alba
      • Mothball
      • Multi-Organ Failure
      • Multiple-dose Activated Charcoal
      • Muscle Relaxants
      • Muscle Rub
      • N-AC
      • N-Bomb
      • N-ac Allergy
      • N-acetylcysteine
      • NIMS
      • NSAIDs
      • Naloxone
      • Narcan
      • National Poison Week
      • Nerve Agents
      • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
      • New Toxicologist
      • Newsletter
      • Nicotine Solution
      • Nontoxic
      • Nutmeg
      • OD Cardiac Arrest
      • OTC
      • Observation Times
      • Odors
      • Oils
      • Ondansterone Prolonged QT
      • One pill
      • Opiate Addiction
      • Opiates
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      • Opiods
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      • Organophosphate
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      • Phenacetin
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      • Pink
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      • Promethazine
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      • Pruno
      • Public Health
      • Quinine
      • RX Opiate Use
      • Radon
      • Ranitidine Recall
      • Rectal APAP
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      • Red Tides
      • Refining
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      • Reportable Diseases List
      • Ricin
      • SE-arrhythmia
      • SNRI
      • SSRI
      • Salicylate Toxicity
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      • Sarin
      • Saw Palmetto
      • School Supplies
      • Science Fairs
      • Semaglutide
      • Serotonin Syndrome
      • Shamrock
      • Shock Dope
      • Single-dose Activated Charcoal
      • Slime and Salt Dough
      • Snake Bite
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      • Snow Globes
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      • Sodium Nitrite
      • Spice
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      • Spravato
      • Spring Plants
      • St. John's Wort
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      • Systemic Loxsoscelism
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      • TN DOH
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      • Tea Tree Oil
      • Tennessee Department of Health
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      • Tessalon Perles
      • Thanksgiving
      • Tianeptine
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      • Toxicokinetic
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      • Transdermal Fentanyl
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      • Tryptophan
      • Tuna
      • UDS
      • Up to Date
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      • Vaccination
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      • Vasoplegia
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      • Vitamin K Coagulopathy
      • WBI
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      • Water Contamination
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      • Web-based Poisoning Info
      • Weight Loss
      • White Mulberry
      • Winter Poisonings
      • Wooden Chest Syndrome
      • X-mas Poisons
      • Xenobiotic
      • Yohimbine
      • Za Za Red
      • Zofran
      • calcium channel OD
      • cobalt poisoning
      • hydrocarbon
      • hypotension
      • liothyronine
      • minoxidil
      • psychoactive drugs
      • thrombocytopenia
      • thyrotoxicosis
      • turpentine
      • turpentine oil

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