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Little Hint: My Wand Never Worked

OK, here we go. Again. Docs, listen up, and I'm going to yell it this time cuz you can't seem to get the message on this one: IF A PERSON IS TALKING CRAZY, NOT MAKING SUICIDAL THREATS AND TOOK A LOT OF DRUGS A FEW HOURS AGO, HE'S NOT PSYCHOTIC...

Published 27 Oct 2009 12:21 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use, medical professionals, mental health, teens
Can't Judge a Book...blah, blah, blah

I got a call a couple of weeks ago to assess an elderly man. He was confused and "not oriented" (read: he didn't know who or where he was) and he was talking gibberish. In fact, he was talking so much gibberish that everyone involved assumed...

Published 19 Aug 2009 4:04 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, elderly, RX meds
Kicking "Cecil" to the Curb

I meet a lot of drug addicts in my job. A lot of them. And I gotta tell ya, I thought I had just about heard it all until a few weeks ago. I met a man from out of town who had a wee bit of a cocaine problem. And meth problem. And pot problem. And Xanax...

Published 10 Aug 2009 2:32 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: cocaine, drug addiction, drug use
Anxiously Awaiting....

So. I'm not one to question a doctor's decisions. Often. However, I do take issue with some circumstances. Such as when a patient comes to him in need of psychotropics, a patient who has an extensive drug abuse history, including a proclivity...

Published 4 Aug 2009 6:41 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use, medical professionals, mental health, RX meds
Stupid Social Worker Tricks, Episode 15

Hospital social worker 101: Read the chart before going in the room to visit the patient. Because as I mentioned this week, people lie to you. Oh, yes. They do. They lie, lie, LIE about how much they drink. About how much they pop pills. About how many...

Published 9 Jul 2009 3:04 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, overdose, Stupid social worker tricks
Not One of My Finest Moments....

The other night in the ER. I had to interview a man who overdosed. After talking to him extensively, I concluded it was accidental and that he had a prescription pill problem (he thought the opposite, of course. Needs meds for his pain, la la la.) He...

Published 7 Jul 2009 6:05 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: domestic issues, drug addiction, overdose, RX meds, suicide
The Power of the Addict

I deal with drug abusers all the time. ALL the time. And I've said this before, but it does bear repeating: just because someone is a drug abuser doesn't mean they're suicidal. But. Try telling that to the freaked out family in the waiting...

Published 30 Apr 2009 10:34 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: domestic issues, drug addiction, drug use
I'm Dishing it Out, No Doubt About It

Now I'm not one to dish out marital advice via a website. It just seems so, oh, I dunno, impersonal. Add to that my reluctance to dish out universal statements (for obvious reasons) and you have a full appreciation for the advice--yes, I said advice...

Published 23 Apr 2009 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: debt, domestic issues, drug addiction, drug use
I Know It's Difficult to Grasp

But.... A drug abuser who overdoses on pills because she's going for that super high isn't suicidal* She's just an addict. -> *I mean, we could get all philosophical on this one, but for the purposes of simplicity... Read More...

Published 24 Mar 2009 7:33 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use
Family Fun Time in Four Acts

There's the holiday season according to the Cleavers. And then there's the holiday season according to Rosanne Barr. Or, you know, The Family Guy. This story would fall into the latter category. Act I: Halloween Mom finds out her son is on cocaine...

Published 30 Dec 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use, teens
Let's Talk About Addiction! And Pulling Teeth...

A recent interview, abridged: Me: Any kind of struggle with substances? Alcohol? Her: No. Me: Anything else? Her: No. Me: Pot? Her: No. Me: Any other street drugs? Her: No. Me: No cocaine, crack, heroine.... Her: No. Me: Prescription pills? Lortab, Xanax...

Published 1 Dec 2008 2:16 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, in the field
Wanna spam my blog? Fine.

But guess what? I'm not linking to your blog. So there. Some yahoo (read: over-the-top fundamentalist) from Australia spammed my last post, the one about Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. How do I know it was a spam? Because this was his comment...

Published 24 Nov 2008 2:45 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, drug addiction, musings
Some more advice. Unsolicited, granted....

So your life was hard: dad was a geniune junkie, dragging you from crack house to whore house to crack house again. He knocked your mom around for several years before she was able to finally break free. You spent some years with grandparents. That is...

Published 24 Oct 2008 2:06 PM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, drug use
Cop Out

I'm not one to cry "sue 'em" when things go wrong. I'm not. I think there's no question we live in a litigious society. There's no question that there are WAY too many attorneys floating around. I read once that half the...

Published 8 Oct 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: alcohol, criminal justice system, drug addiction
Lurking, just under there, lurking....

So I'm talking to my nurse about the patient I just assessed, a long-term drug abuser, and made some comment about how it must be tough to live with addiction for such a long time. A random nurse, not involved with the patient, walked by just as I...

Published 2 Oct 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction
Crack is democratic

So, when you think of a "typical crackhead" what comes to mind? Go ahead and think it. We all have the same image in our heads. Minority (read: black), urban dweller, low income, passel of kids. Right? I think it's fair to say this is the...

Published 24 Sep 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: cocaine, drug addiction, drug use
Calgon....

I've got so many ways I could go with this blog entry I don't even know where to start. a) Do I take the route of how appalling it is that a 17-year-old can manage to get strung out on meth? And cocaine. And ecstasy. And pot. (Of course. Because...

Published 18 Sep 2008 11:00 AM by Trench Warfare

Filed under: drug addiction, in the field

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