Podcast 777: Grass, Weed, and Ancient Rome

Podcast 777: Grass, Weed, and Ancient Rome

Contributor: Chris Holmes, MD

Educational Pearls:

  • Antiemetics were used in ancient Rome to help with sea-sickness and included toxic substances such as wine and wormwood and white hellborn
  • The first antihistamine used for nausea, dramamine, was introduced in 1947 for motion sickness
  • After this chlorpromazine, prochlorperazine, and promethazine came about in the 1950s and 1960s
  • Cannabis, colloquially referred to as weed, isolates like THC used in the 1970s to help with chemotherapy-induced
  • After this in the 1980s, ondansetron and metoclopramide were introduced for more severe chemotherapy-induced nausea
  • Lastly, NK-1 inhibitors were introduced to treat nausea

References

Sanger GJ, Andrews PLR. A History of Drug Discovery for Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting and the Implications for Future Research. Front Pharmacol. 2018;9:913. Published 2018 Sep 4. doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.00913

Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD

The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering AMA PRA Category 1 credits™ via online course modules. To access these and for more information, visit our website at https://emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/ and create an account.

Donate to EMM today!

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(1168)

Podcast 1013: Thoracotomy Indications

Podcast 1013: Thoracotomy Indications

Contributor; Taylor Lynch, MD Educational Pearls: Thoracotomy  Thoracotomy is used in traumatic cardiac arrest to replace conventional CPR with direct access to the chest. Goals include identif...

20 Juli 3min

Podcast 1012: Meth Sedation

Podcast 1012: Meth Sedation

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls:    Agitated patients who are intoxicated with methamphetamine pose a unique challenge when selecting a sedative to counter their symptoms. Is there ...

13 Juli 1min

Podcast 1011: Creepy Crawlies

Podcast 1011: Creepy Crawlies

Contributor: Meghan Hurley, MD Educational Pearls: What animal is the most lethal to humans?  Depending on how we define lethal, and animal, this answer is actually not straight forward.  Globall...

6 Juli 7min

Podcast 1010: First Pass Intubation Success

Podcast 1010: First Pass Intubation Success

Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls:   First-pass success is critical to limit complications from apnea, hypoxia, and airway trauma.  Complication rate for patients intubated on the f...

29 Juni 3min

On the Streets- Zero to Rodeo

On the Streets- Zero to Rodeo

Dan Orbidan, OMS-II and Dr. Travis Barlock, MD discuss a real out of hospital call. This episode covers the implications of a pharmacologically abnormal patient presentation and the pre and post hospi...

22 Juni 35min

Carepoint Journal Club- Neurology

Carepoint Journal Club- Neurology

Carepoint Journal Club is a quarterly series with discussions about a medical topic, brought to you by Carepoint's Emergency Physicians.

15 Juni 36min

Podcast 1009: Prevention for Recurrent UTI

Podcast 1009: Prevention for Recurrent UTI

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls:   UTIs are commonly seen in older women We often see them taking long-term prophylactic antibiotics because of common recurrence. Around 20-30% of...

8 Juni 1min

Podcast 1008: Acupuncture for Low Back Pain in Older Adults

Podcast 1008: Acupuncture for Low Back Pain in Older Adults

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls:  Back pain is a common presenting complaint in the emergency department. Challenges arise when tailoring care to elderly populations using standar...

1 Juni 2min

Populärt inom Vetenskap

p3-dystopia
dumma-manniskor
allt-du-velat-veta
hacka-livet
svd-nyhetsartiklar
rss-ufobortom-rimligt-tvivel
sexet
rss-spraket
4health-med-anna-sparre
rss-arkeologi-historia-podden-som-graver-i-vart-kulturlandskap
psykopatpodden
det-morka-psyket
medicinvetarna
rss-ronden
rss-vetenskapsradion
bildningspodden
paranormalt-med-caroline-giertz
rss-vetenskapsradion-2
kvalificerat-hemligt-poddradio
vetenskapsradion