Tox in the news
18yo M who drove his car through time square in 2017 claimed he smoked marijuana laced with this drug, also known as angel dust
What is PCP?
Name of herbicide mixture used by US in Vietnam war
What is Agent orange?
Antidote for a 62yo M with diabetes presenting with altered mental status, found to have persistent hypoglycemia
What is Octreotide?
Ingestion of this plant releases toxic cardiac glycosides
What is foxglove or oleander?
Found in the southwest desert, a sting from this creature can cause local pain, numbness, tingling
What is a bark scorpion?
Drug that recently gained popularity for allegedly preventing a novel virus with side effects of confusion, seizures, hypotension in overdoses
What is ivermectin?
Poison used to carry out 1995 Tokyo subway attack by Aum Shinrikyo cult members .
What is Sarin gas?
Correct Antidote for farmer old mcDonald who presents with altered mental status, abdominal pain, vomiting, profound bradycardia and hypotension
What is atropine?
Ingestion of this toxin found in the liver and reproductive organs of certain fish causes paralysis via inhibition of sodium gated neuronal channels.
What is tetrodoxin ?
The wound of a 23yo F who was swimming in the ocean and suddenly got stung by a stingray should be submersed in
What is hot water?
In the peak of covid, an Arizona man after he ingested fish tank cleaner in attempt to prevent covid, thinking he was ingesting this drug
What is chloroquine?
Eva Braun, wife of Adolf Hitler, allegedly committed suicide after ingesting this
What is cyanide?
Antidote to 36yo lab tech who spill Hydroflouric acid on his left hand and presents with severe pain, discoloration.
What is topical Calcium gluconate?
Accidental ingestion of this mushroom leads to severe liver and renal failure, with a mortality rate of 10-20%
What is amanita phalloides or death cap?
Name the creepy crawly responsible for a painful, erythematous, discolored wound with central necrosis on the foot of a 27yo M who felt a bite 36 hours ago while cleaning his basement
What is a brown recluse spider?
Compound used in trending weight loss pills that led to deaths via uncoupling of the mitochondria
What is Dinitrophenol (DNP) ?
Kim Jong Nam, half brother to North Korean dictator died in 2017 after being sprayed with this substance in the face at the airport
What is Nerve Agent VX?
Antidote for a 42yo F with a history of Rheumatoid arthritis presenting with nausea, vomiting, dark stools, skin rash and development of oral ulcers.
What is Leucovorin?
Ingestion of certain types of fish causes this type of food poisoning that presents with flushing, itching, dizziness
What is scrombroid food poisoning?
Found in the pacific and Indian oceans, this small octopus is considered one of the most toxic creatures and can release a toxin potent enough to kill 26 adult humans
What is the blue ringed octopus?
Drug prescribed in the 1950s for nausea to pregnant women that resulted in severe birth defects
What is Thalidomide ?
Toxin used to assassinate former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006.
What is Polonium-210?
Antidote for 46yo F presenting with presenting with night blindness, peripheral neuropathy, drowsiness and noted to have garlic odor while providing history.
What is dimercaprol?
Ingesting high amounts of certain farmed fish can cause nausea/vomiting, metallic taste in the mouth, ataxia and muscle weakness.
what is mercury poisoning?
While walking in the southwest desert, a 40yo M is bitten by a creature with beadlike scales who's saliva helped create a novel drug for type 2 diabetes
What is Gila monster?