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In this episode we continue our FemToxx podcast from Dr Jennie Buchanan. We talk to  Shireen Banerji about her career in tox, where she started and what inspired her. We ask her about being a woman in tox. And pass along some clinical pearls.  #ILookLikeAToxicologist

In this episode we continue our FemToxx podcast from Dr Jennie Buchanan. We talk to Dr. Saralyn Williams about her career in tox, where she started and what inspired her. We ask her about being a woman in tox. And pass along some clinical pearls.  #ILookLikeAToxicologist

 

 

 

 

In this episode we introduce a new FemToxx podcast from Dr Jennie Buchanan. In this inaugural episode we talk to Dr. Tammi Schaeffer about her career in tox, where she started and what inspired her. We ask her about being a woman in tox. And pass along some clinical tips on lomotil toxicity.  #ILookLikeAToxicologist

In this episode we talk to Lewis Goldfrank about his early life and how he ended up in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology and the creation of Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies

In this episode we talk to Ed Boyer about Kratom, pharmacology, legal status, and discuss recent reports of adverse effects.



* Boyer et al Self-treatment of opioid withdrawal using kratom (Mitragynia speciosa korth)

* FDA response to Kratom

* Bradford Hill Criteria



Take Home Points:



* Kratom is an opioid agonist

* Patients should not mix Kratom with other substances

* Patients at risk of seizures should not use Kratom

* Kratom will not show up on a typical urine drug screen

In this episode Nick Brandehoff and Robin Brandehoff help us look at the toxins in several of William Shakespeare’s plays. Some assorted links to materials we reference are below:

Complete Works of William Shakespeare

The Poison Garden on Water Hemlock

Toxicity from mandrake berries used as a sexual aid from The Poison Review

Wild pansy

Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants