Second confirmed poppy tea death in Boulder, Colorado
Category: Colorado
Legal but lethal.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 4:02 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Terra Sigillata
musings on medicines from the Earth
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Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of David J Kroll, a US state university educator and cancer researcher who holds a PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and BS in Toxicology. He writes on natural product drugs and dietary supplements, issues of under-represented groups in the STEMM disciplines, science and medical journalism, the science and culture of North Carolina, Florida, and Colorado, making and listening to music and, with the help of his colleague, Erleichda, wine appreciation.
"Why Terra Sigillata?" will tell you more about the origin of the blog name.
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August 29, 2009
Potential loss of women's studies program at Meredith College
Category: Academia
Women's Studies and Religious Studies on the chopping block at well-regarded women's college founded by Baptist missionaries. More exploding monkeys at the factory.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 10:25 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 27, 2009
Franck's pharmacy tech claims unjust termination in polo horse deaths; sues under Florida Whistle-Blower's Act
Category: Toxicology
Cost-cutting or retaliation in what I still suspect was a mcg/mg units mistake or other decimal point error in pharmacy compounding.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 12:02 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 26, 2009
I am not worthy
Category: Women's health
Seven years ago, your humble blogger was handed the keys to a whole new vocabulary of love.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 11:24 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 24, 2009
And the winner is. . .
Category: Drugs of Abuse
Propofol. For further information and detailed background, please see our previous post on this injectable anesthetic agent known as propofol or Diprivan®. This L.A. Times article today also has a concise timeline of the events leading to the death of...
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 5:41 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 21, 2009
Watching Whooping Cough Way Out West
Category: Public Health
"Getting vaccinated is not only sensible in terms of personal health, it is the socially responsible thing to do. It is essentially a civic duty, not unlike how trimming flammable brush protects the neighbors' homes from fire as well." - Durango (Colorado) Herald News 14 Jan 2009
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:16 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 19, 2009
Doping Grandpa?: Performance Enhancing Drugs for the Senior Set
Category: Pharmaceuticals
"I don't think anyone taking asthma medication is going to throw or run any better; I think they're doing it because they can't breathe."
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 7:02 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 18, 2009
ScienceOnline2010: Be there or be rhomboidal
Category: I Can't Believe My Life Happens to Me
Look what happens when you meet four dudes in coffee shops and grocery co-ops who have a lot of energy and ideas.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 8:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 17, 2009
Is artemisinin really behind this case of hepatic toxicity?
Category: Alternative medicine
One case report on a natural product used by millions worldwide to treat malaria. And why was a naturopath prescribing it for "an unidentifiable protozoan."
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 12:06 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 15, 2009
Derek Lowe gets all Mooney and Kirshenbaum about the pharmaceutical industry
Category: Pharmaceuticals
Yes, pharma/biotech industry scientists could be doing a better job communicating to the public as well.
Posted by Abel Pharmboy at 9:42 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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