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
RT @APSAD_DAR: 🔓Trends in novel #opioid use & detections in exposures & #police drug seizures in #NSW. Janette L. Smith, Jared Brown, David….
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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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RT @EMAJournal: The frequency of opioid poisoning in people using substances sold as cocaine or methamphetamine. #OpenAccess. https://t.co/….
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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.
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RT @Clin_Tox: In this letter to the editor, the authors discuss that dipentylone and pentylone are in circulation in the drug markets in Ne….
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Published in Clinical Toxicology (Vol. 62, No. 11, 2024)
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RT @a_evangeli: Heroin found in cocaine and ‘ice’, and snorting a line can be lethal 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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RT @MikeMullinsMD: In case you could not attend @tapna_inc ASM in Melbourne in May, here are the meeting abstracts. .
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RT @Clin_Tox: In Australia, poison centre calls involving psychedelics more than doubled from 2014 to 2022, likely reflecting increased com….
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RT @Clin_Tox: Using the Trail Making Test assessment, this study found that patients who had sedative drug overdoses may have significant c….
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RT @Clin_Tox: Orphenadrine overdoses up to 10 grams were associated with antimuscarinic toxicity and sedation but not severe cardiotoxicity….
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RT @Clin_Tox: A 40-year-old man ingested an unknown amount of paramao root oil and experienced salicylate toxicity. .
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RT @EMAJournal: GHB-related ED presentations. #OpenAccess. @angelachiewa @UnaNicI @1darren1Dmr.@WileyHealth @acemo….
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RT @BritToxSoc: Congratulations to Dr Darren Roberts (New South Wales Poisons Information Centre in Australia @1darren1Dmr ) on receiving A….
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RT @ConversationEDU: Fire ants are on the march. 🐜. @1darren1Dmr (@UNSW) writes about what happens when they sting.
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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RT @Clin_Tox: Editorial: Poisoning from non-food grade poppy seeds.
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Published in Clinical Toxicology (Vol. 61, No. 9, 2023)
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RT @Clin_Tox: Toxicokinetics of thebaine in those consuming non-food grade poppy seeds as a tea .
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RT @Clin_Tox: A cluster of acute thebaine poisonings from non-food grade poppy seeds in the Australian food supply. .
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RT @Clin_Tox: This observational study looks at patients poisoned after drinking POPPY SEED TEA! . Poppy seed tea contains thebaine which c….
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RT @KIsoardi: Our experience of a thebaine poisoning cluster when non-food grade poppy seeds entered the Australian food supply is now publ….
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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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