Darren Roberts 🇦🇺🏳️🌈
@1darren1Dmr
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Working in pharmacology/toxicology, nephrology and addiction medicine; striving to do more bush walking and camping. My views are my own
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined October 2015
🔓Trends in novel #opioid use & detections in exposures & #police drug seizures in #NSW Janette L. Smith, Jared Brown, David Atefi, @TJRthaitox Vanessa Shaw, ... @1darren1Dmr
@NSWHealth @SCHNkids @Sydney_Uni @Edith__Collins
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The ingestion of wild mushrooms appears to be increasing. This can have so many unintended effects. Read here about the risks and how to prevent harm
We know people do forage and consume wild mushrooms, whether intentionally or accidentally. Sometimes, the consequences can be serious. @1darren1Dmr @UNSW
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The frequency of opioid poisoning in people using substances sold as cocaine or methamphetamine #OpenAccess
https://t.co/0YOWLx7Ps3
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@WileyHealth @acemonline
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Between January 2022 and June 2024 in NSW, 34 cases of opioid toxidrome following the use of cocaine or methamphetamine were identified. This prompted two public drug warnings and media releases as...
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Data supporting blood tests at 2 h post-ingestion in unintentional paediatric paracetamol poisonings
In this retrospective review, a paracetamol concentration between 2 – 4 hours post ingestion in children (<6 years of age) with unintentional poisoning of paracetamol liquid can facilitate discharge https://t.co/WO93ZxAMG4
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In this letter to the editor, the authors discuss that dipentylone and pentylone are in circulation in the drug markets in New South Wales https://t.co/pZgs5IPB5L
tandfonline.com
Published in Clinical Toxicology (Vol. 62, No. 11, 2024)
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Heroin found in cocaine and ‘ice’, and snorting a line can be lethal https://t.co/LaQEnUaDIp via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
Accidentally taking heroin when you thought it was cocaine or methamphetamine can be deadly, new research confirms. Here’s what to watch out for.
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In case you could not attend @tapna_inc ASM in Melbourne in May, here are the meeting abstracts. https://t.co/dGItHnfW6I Next ASM will be a hybrid meeting 7-9 May 2025 in Wellington, NZ. https://t.co/dUQ1pjtV6T for more info. @tandfmedicine
willorganise.eventsair.com
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In Australia, poison centre calls involving psychedelics more than doubled from 2014 to 2022, likely reflecting increased community use https://t.co/UiGTg3x5g4
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Using the Trail Making Test assessment, this study found that patients who had sedative drug overdoses may have significant cognitive deficits even when medically cleared. https://t.co/wCWWu6TpuU
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Orphenadrine overdoses up to 10 grams were associated with antimuscarinic toxicity and sedation but not severe cardiotoxicity https://t.co/owpOPRdPH7
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A 40-year-old man ingested an unknown amount of paramao root oil and experienced salicylate toxicity. https://t.co/U92F0s1Trd
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GHB-related ED presentations #OpenAccess
https://t.co/W84vxY9eze
@angelachiewa @UnaNicI @1darren1Dmr
@WileyHealth @acemonline
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Congratulations to Dr Darren Roberts (New South Wales Poisons Information Centre in Australia @1darren1Dmr ) on receiving ASCEPT Lecture Award and delivering such an interesting presentation! #BTSLiverpool2024 #toxicology
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Fire ants are on the march. 🐜 @1darren1Dmr (@UNSW) writes about what happens when they sting. https://t.co/4Io47lnluH
theconversation.com
Most stings can be safely handled at home. But in rare cases, you can get a serious allergic reaction, which needs urgent medical attention.
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Editorial: Poisoning from non-food grade poppy seeds https://t.co/AXrxdPCPnr
tandfonline.com
Published in Clinical Toxicology (Vol. 61, No. 9, 2023)
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Toxicokinetics of thebaine in those consuming non-food grade poppy seeds as a tea https://t.co/yMTpXIMIlk
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A cluster of acute thebaine poisonings from non-food grade poppy seeds in the Australian food supply https://t.co/YE1IMyzj0a
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This observational study looks at patients poisoned after drinking POPPY SEED TEA! Poppy seed tea contains thebaine which can cause muscle spasms, convulsions, and cardiac arrest (see below). https://t.co/3EUudQNv3j
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Our experience of a thebaine poisoning cluster when non-food grade poppy seeds entered the Australian food supply is now published - free prints here @Clin_Tox @1darren1Dmr
https://t.co/DSwtrOerWh
tandfonline.com
Poppy seed tea is used for its opioid effects and contains multiple opium alkaloids, including morphine, codeine, papaverine, and thebaine. Animal studies indicate thebaine has strychnine-like prop...
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