Steve Curry
@SteveCurryMD
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Phoenix. Tweets are entirely my own.
Joined January 2016
RT @MikeMullinsMD: What is ivabradine? What are the effects in overdose? @tapna_inc @geoff_isbister @KIsoardi @an…
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RT @drsthanus: The curtain sign is due to Hering's law, which states that both eyelids are innervated equally. In myasthenia gravis, extr…
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MedTox Fellows: Urine drug screen below. Which two activate GABA-A receptors? Which antagonizes A1 and A2 adenosine receptors? Which is a metabolite of phenazopyridine (Pyridium)? (Ignore theobromine.) @ToxAndHound @ToxicSnowEM
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MedTox Fellows: Patient presented with tachycardia, urinary retention, and dry axillae. Which meds in the urine were responsible for this presentation? What new psychiatric medication is the patient taking? @ToxAndHound @ToxicSnowEM
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Most antagonists of voltage-gated Na channels mainly work by stabilizing the channel in the inactive state, slowing/preventing recovery. Suzetrigine is rather unique in that it appears mainly to stabilize channels at rest, preventing their activation.
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B. acetazolamide. 1. Acetazolamide acidifies blood to increase Vd of salicylate, increasing brain levels. 2. Acetazolamide alkalinizes CSF, ion trapping salicylate in the brain. 3. Salicylate displaces acetazolamide from albumin, increasing free levels and CA inhibition.
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RT @aliceyting: Tetanus on demand! (not for bioweapons, but for neuroscience research) Tetanus toxin induces paralysis by using a protease…
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In days past, towns and cities each had their own local gas company that would create illuminating gas through combustion of coal. It contained lots of methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide (CO). Not the case with natural gas, LP or butane today.
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RT @SteveCurryMD: MedTox Fellows – note cause of death of this man in 1912. What two medications may have prevented or lessened hepatic inj…
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