Pharmacology
The pharmacology topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and feature articles about the science of drug action on biological systems.
Recent incidents in Colorado have brought prehospital ketamine administration policies, politics and police interactions under debate
MCHD medical directors discuss three promising treatments for COVID-19, return to work guidance and complications presenting in pediatric patients
How do you assess and manage a patient with bradycardia?
All but 1 of those who contracted infection had received steroid injections for back pain
Officials are also now offering free health screenings to those potentially infected by a paramedic who tampered with painkillers
The doctor, once lauded for AIDs treatment work defrauded Medicaid out of about $300,000
The paramedic reportedly tampered with powerful painkillers and sedatives and administered them to patients
People with long-term prescriptions for controlled substances will have to submit urine tests, which some insurers don’t cover
Mechanism that inhibits long-term favorable neurologic outcome after epinephrine despite initial hemodynamic improvement remains unexplained
The NY county Narcan pilot program shows promising effects
No data currently exist to suggest that having antidote freely available will increase frequency of illicit narcotic use
Narcan, a drug previously only available to EMTs, may now be available to civilians trained to use it nationwide
Ambulances have limited space for short list of drugs approved by state health regulators
There have been no fatal overdoses in Dubuque this year, thanks largely to use of Narcan
Woman said she was fine, but medic told her she almost died and would have without Narcan
Making someone’s existence less discomforting can be great gift, especially if individual is fighting for their life
Plan is designed to reduce misuse, abuse of long-acting opioid pain relievers, including morphine, methadone, oxycodone
The drug we use most often in EMS can cause harm if we give it without good reason
Operation allegedly thrived from having corrupt doctors dispense millions of pills without medical justification to patients, many of whom were drug addicts
Sold in 3-gram bags marked as ‘potpourri'; drug has 4x potency of normal marijuana
Morphine, Fentanyl, Zofran among drugs on back-order or simply not available
Man is reported to have told authorities that he stopped his treatment out of concern for his liver while binging on alcohol, methamphetamine
‘We saw the ambulance shaking,’ says witness; TASER required to subdue attacker
A comprehensive examination of epinephrine and its prehospital uses, administration routes, doses and pharmacology
Service short of critical meds, national shortages hurting treatment capabilities
Doctors had to amputate woman’s arm, shoulder, perform radical mastectomy, skin grafts to stop infection
Results prompt fear that people who need, will benefit from statins will be scared away from using them, doctors say
Several studies that review death from anaphylaxis say delay in administering epinephrine equates with increasing mortality.
This year, 213 drugs have been listed in short supply, surpassing last year’s total of 211
Emergency room visits related to hydrocodone abuse have shot from 19,221 in 2000 to 86,258 in 2009, according to data compiled by the Drug Enforcement Administration
Epilepsy advocates thrilled at ability of more people to administer drug. But nurses worry about misuse.