In case what’s missing from your life is an in-depth review of carfentanil. By Jess Ln, MD, FRCPC and me (but mostly her), just out in CJA - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Low-dose methotrexate toxicity. Our latest five things to know in CMAJ: cmaj.ca/content/191/15…. Congrats @KevinPivov cc UofT Clin Pharm/Tox Department of Medicine University of Toronto Temerty Medicine

"Reinventing a reputable and modernized clinical and research program in reproductive drug safety should be a national priority." Our latest in CMAJ with Nathan Stall and Erin Russell: cmaj.ca/content/191/21… … Temerty Medicine IHPME UofT Clin Pharm/Tox Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Mount Sinai

Excited to share my editorial in BMJ Quality & Safety on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for drugs in pregnancy. Grateful to Maria Cusimano, David Juurlink and Don Redelmeier for their input. Temerty Medicine UofT Clin Pharm/Tox IHPME Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/…

Welcoming the newest member of the Department of Medicine University of Toronto’s Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Matthew Zipursky. He’s ~25 years away from joining the call schedule, but mom Carolyn and dad ⁦Jonathan Zipursky⁩ are now on call 1-in-1 for the foreseeable future.

New commentary in CMAJ with @TaliBogler, Dr. Rebecca Greenberg, Dr. Cynthia Maxwell: cmaj.ca/content/early/… We discuss how health care providers and patients can use a shared decision-making approach to guide discussions on pregnancy, breastfeeding, and the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Herd immunity from vaccines is so much better than herd immunity from infection.

March 2020: WHO declared #COVID19 a global pandemic. Allied health professionals around the world united. Shelly Dev spoke with 10 healthcare workers, from 9 hospitals, in 5 countries. Their stories are all our stories. #TemertyMed FULL VIDEO HERE ➡️ bit.ly/3pBDCgQ

Our new morning report case in NEJM Evidence. evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…. A 47-year-old man with fever and rash. Congrats Alex Kumachev, @nishaandany, and Weei-Yuarn Huang. UofT Clin Pharm/Tox Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre UofTGIM

I’m going to be a Toxicologist 💊🍄 Can’t wait to continue my training in Toronto w/ UofT Clin Pharm/Tox OntarioPoisonCentre #CaRMS2022

The Ontario Poison Centre is looking for a new medical director. Posting is here; feel free to share: can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome is a severe adverse drug reaction. High risk populations should be screened for HLA-B*58:01. Read more in our latest 5 things in CMAJ led by Wid Yaseen, in collaboration with @BourneAuguste. cmaj.ca/content/195/13…

Great to see this being shared in the past week. Not a time goes by on service where we don't discuss safe deprescribing. Hopefully this will be a useful resource for patients and their providers. Todd C. Lee Emily McDonald Temerty Medicine UofT Clin Pharm/Tox jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

"Loperamide (Imodium) is being abused more often," our Dr. Antoniou w/ David Juurlink told CMAJ's 5 things to know» cmaj.ca/content/189/23…

emily austin Jeff Alfonsi, MD UofT Clin Pharm/Tox Check out poster by Eric Tseng - interesting stuff re: F and Cmax of DOACs post bariatric OR x.com/tsengeric/stat…

Exceptional review of off-target ("idiosyncratic") ADRs in British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (BJCP) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bc… #FOAMed

More emerging evidence re: safety of physostigmine use in treating anticholinergic delirium #NACCT17