Show Notes

In this special live episode from the 2025 North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology (NACCT), Ryan takes you inside the conference to hear directly from the researchers themselves. Covering 11 abstracts that span high-stakes management decisions, surprising case reports, and challenges to toxicology dogma, this year’s highlights feature everything from amlodipine overdoses to naturopathic misadventures, metformin-associated blindness, and more. The show kicks off with a foreword from Ryan and Dr. Jon Cole (abstract co-chair for AACT) discussing some of their favorite research from the conference.

If you couldn’t make it to NACCT or just want to catch up on some of the most impactful new research in our field, this episode will give you a front-row seat. Check below for links to the published abstracts, the full list of studies discussed, and timestamps for where you can hear each one.

Link to published abstract manuscript

Foreword with Dr. Jon Cole

10:24 #7. Is beta blocker toxicity associated with hypoglycemia?

• Lead author: Dr. Megan Audette, MD

17:58 #237. V-A ECMO as a treatment for vasoplegic shock in amlodipine poisoning: a comparison

• Lead author: Dr. Daniel Tirado, MD

27:59 #247. Blocked but not beaten: ECMO’s role in severe amlodipine toxicity – a poison center case series

• Lead author: Dr. Carlos Saldarriaga, MD

28:39 #26. Amlodipine double-dose therapeutic errors reported to Poison Centers

• Lead author: Johanne Freeman

30:19 #27. Dosing on the edge: unpacking inadvertent amlodipine ingestions reported to a single poison center

• Lead author: Dr. Tiana Patriarca, PharmD

33:44 #292. Intravenous administration of sodium zirconium cyclosilicate resulting in death

• Lead author: Dr. Stephen Thornton, MD

Researcher interviews

43:57 – #21. Quantitative analysis of amlodipine removal by plasmapheresis

• Guest: Dr. Keahi Horowitz, MD – Acute and Intensive Care Research Award winner

48:14 – #23. Relationship between reported ingestion dose and outcome in amlodipine poisoning

• Guest: Dr. Colleen Cowdery, MD

51:18 – #24. Management of severe amlodipine toxicity with high-dose calcium alone

• Guest: Dr. Vincent Ma, MD
• High dose norepinephrine in amlodipine overdose
• Case report of calcium death

56:37 – #70. Iatrogenic exposure to long-acting buprenorphine injectable in an opioid-naïve patient

• Guest: Dr. Conor Young, MD

59:52 – #182. Left in the dark: a case of blindness in the setting of metformin toxicity

• Guest: Dr. Madison Bombard, MD

61:52 – #169. Just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it’s safe: a case of pediatric toxicity from topical and herbal remedies

• Guest: Dr. Aria Darling, MD

64:12 – #203. Serotonin syndrome after vaping Moocah

• Guest: Dr. Connor Murphy, MD

66:47 – #307. Intravenous ozone autohemotherapy: a retrospective observational case series

• Guest: Nicole McLarty

71:06 – #134. Do they really need n-acetylcysteine? Exploratory analysis of outcomes in patients with elevated liver function tests but no detectable acetaminophen

• Guest: Dr. Seth Carroll, PharmD

75:14 – #130. Outcomes of acute acetaminophen-poisoned patients treated with and without fomepizole: a Toxic registry study

• Guest: Dr. Jordan Woollum, PharmD

81:04 – #295. Evaluation of onset and resolution of complications after chronic methotrexate poisoning

• Guest: Dr. Van Quach, PharmD

84:32 – #325. Implications of potassium in salicylate toxicity treated with urinary alkalinization

• Guest: Dr. Andrew Yetka, PharmD

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• Stick around to the very end of the episode for a teaser of Stump the Tox and the brand-new game Tox Wavelength, recorded on the train to NACCT. The full episode is available now for supporting members.

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