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Re: Brag: I may have saved a life.
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More than you care to know, but it really depends on what the antidepressent type is.... Tricyclic antidepressents are about the most lethal overdose there is - one of the very few things that come into Emergency Departments that is an actual emergency. Treatable if early enough, but patients tend to crash rapidly and without warning. The newer antidepressents, monocyclics and some others, are much less toxic. But some patients do better on the old tricyclic types, so they are still perscribed. I've been an ER doc for just shy of 20 years - all at a busy trauma center. Almost nothing scares me - but a tricyclic OD is one of the things that does.... MM MD [/ QUOTE ] Do an "ask me about working in an ER" thread. |
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Re: Brag: I may have saved a life.
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More than you care to know, but it really depends on what the antidepressent type is.... Tricyclic antidepressents are about the most lethal overdose there is - one of the very few things that come into Emergency Departments that is an actual emergency. Treatable if early enough, but patients tend to crash rapidly and without warning. The newer antidepressents, monocyclics and some others, are much less toxic. But some patients do better on the old tricyclic types, so they are still perscribed. I've been an ER doc for just shy of 20 years - all at a busy trauma center. Almost nothing scares me - but a tricyclic OD is one of the things that does.... MM MD [/ QUOTE ] well now I know where to go when I need to save a thread |
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Re: Brag: I may have saved a life.
Sorry, Gild.....I'll try not to inject any actual information in the future....;-)
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Sorry, Gild.....I'll try not to inject any actual information in the future....;-) MM MD [/ QUOTE ] i have a question for you doc, since i see by your signature that you specialize in M&Ms My M&M was doing fine, but then about a month ago I noticed some personality changes. Unusual irratibility and frequent bouts of exteme anger. It was only a week ago that I noticed the growth on the side you can see in the photo. What should I do? |
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When we got to the hospital after her parents went in to see her the roommates started talking about how pissed off she is gonna be. I chimed in, "No kidding, she's gonna wanna kill herself." [/ QUOTE ] i literally lol'd pretty hard |
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Sorry, Gild.....I'll try not to inject any actual information in the future....;-) MM MD [/ QUOTE ] maybe I got third-leveled or something, but I thought his quote was pretty clever... |
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I don't get it. She was off limits because she took 22 pills and that earned her "don't make fun of her" rights?
Sure you may have "saved a life" but if you didn't [censored] with girl all the time maybe she wouldn't want to kill herself? I'm so confused. |
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Re: Brag: I may have saved a life.
Looks like a developing herpes lesion...what have you been doing with that M&M, anyway?
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Sorry, Gild.....I'll try not to inject any actual information in the future....;-) MM MD [/ QUOTE ] just a play on words, i like your posts and we need more medical advice in BBV, hear hear |
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Re: Brag: I may have saved a life.
Did one in OOT a few mos ago....don't want to be a repetative nit....
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