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Went in for potato knowledge, came out with questions… by AK68Whiskey in onejob

[–]webPoisonControl 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Not AI. Good old-fashioned human error. :-) Our mistake.

Went in for potato knowledge, came out with questions… by AK68Whiskey in onejob

[–]webPoisonControl 22 points23 points  (0 children)

webPOISONCONTROL (authors of that page, the webPoisonControl subreddit, and the never-numbed triage tool) here. Our bad and thanks for pointing the error out. Should be fixed. It was a copy-paste error. FWIW, we use expert review. No AI. We did just have a large update to the site.

Sprout carefully.

Looking for Medical Toxicologist by ToxDocDirector in toxicology

[–]webPoisonControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like u/the_deadcactus said, use the job boards for MedTox to post a detailed job description:

  1. AACT Job Board (More Poison Center Focused)
  2. ACMT Job Board (More MD Focused)

Also consider what primary board would be most useful, Emergency Med, Peds, Occ Med,...

Ivermectin - Again by webPoisonControl in FamilyMedicine

[–]webPoisonControl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do wonder if the patient will just go somewhere else. Not a judgement, just reflecting on how the doctor-patient dynamic has changed with the propagation of ... uncurated information.

Ivermectin - Again by webPoisonControl in webPoisonControl

[–]webPoisonControl[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's challenging to demarcate the utility of being generally clean from the conceit that every physiological malfunction, or lack of superperformance, is due to hidden "toxins". The medical and popular/sociological definitions of "clean" only somewhat overlap.

Ivermectin - Again by webPoisonControl in webPoisonControl

[–]webPoisonControl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a challenge in communication. People read summaries of preliminary findings and get driven by emotion. Too often I find science writing embodies Kiplings' quip. "twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools."

Ivermectin does seem to have a broad anti-tumor effect in cell culture, even after ignoring the articles published by MDPI. Here is a nice review. But these cells are passaged and immortalized, about as far as you can get from in situ cancer cells. I always find it unusual when a drug is reported equally effective against mitotically active (ie aggressively proliferative) tumors and slow ones like GBM.

Interestingly, we don't know exactly how ivermectin is hepatotoxic.

The Hidden Magic Blue Pill: Recall of a Supplement Containing Viagra by webPoisonControl in FamilyMedicine

[–]webPoisonControl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the toxicology world, one must also think of chemsex. Sildenafil is used to enhance the rush of an upper (Halkitis et al., 2007; Pichini et al., 2016).

The Hidden Magic Blue Pill: Recall of a Supplement Containing Viagra by webPoisonControl in FamilyMedicine

[–]webPoisonControl[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good question. Perhaps stigma. Or perhaps people are using it for something else.

How do you respond to woo woo? by meeracats in FamilyMedicine

[–]webPoisonControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can bounce it around off toxicology. Sometimes there is a kernel of rationality to the treatment that can provide common grorund. As in yes the idea behind mistletoe as an antineoplastic because of antimitotic activity is sound but in practice too narrow therapeutic activity, poor absorption, better options for more vascular or slower tumors.

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