Amy Baxter

Momx3, pain relief scientist, physiology tech inventor, past Peds ED, space/scifi + Heinlein geek, IPA & ska fan #NeedlePhobia #Buzzy #PainIsPersonal #VibraCool

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@info_pernice @CKellyUAP We now think the protective effect of irrigation is by optimizing the nasal microbiome. Saline reduces the viral ability to replicate, increases the barrier between entry and the ACE2 receptor, and yes reduces viral load. The additives (betadine, etc.) don't add efficacy.

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

Make it a thing! Put in your zip code and find a place near you, to remove both temptation and familiarity that breeds contemptuous fentanyl overdose. Thanks @MarkHalperin for using your powers for good! https://t.co/2hD5u0bZ8R

[Mark Halperin @MarkHalperin]

10/28 is the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This Ted Talk by my pal Dr. Amy Baxter explains why oral opioids are both a deadly temptation, and not “the good stuff” for pain.
https://t.co/gBxKfZjKYZ

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@MarkHalperin @DEAHQ has the links and info for a takeback location near you. 1) Prevent experimentation that can lead to OUD in 1 in 6 teens 2) Reduce the pill-familiarity that leads to unwittingly taking fentanyl-pills at parties 3) even if opioids get you to sleep, deep sleep's disrupted.

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@buzzyhelps @TEDTalks Thanks team! We need #OptionsNotOpioids to #ReframePain

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

I'm so excited that the @NextMedHealth founder shared my #neuroscience of #pain @TEDTalks ! Thanks @daniel_kraft

[Daniel Kraft, MD @daniel_kraft]

How to hack your brain when you're in #pain

Stellar #TEDTalk by @AmyBaxterMD @TEDTalks

https://t.co/sULfWSKUVB

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@daniel_kraft @TEDTalks Daniel, the pictures you took there are SO much better!

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

How to hack your brain when you're in pain (Amy Baxter | TED2023) - @nickisnpdx @matthewherper @2healthguru
https://t.co/LG7NGqwET4 via @TEDTalks

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

Post-surgery opioid risks [PODCAST] https://t.co/jONHa8Xx8J via @kevinmd

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@HeinleinSociety Robert A. Heinlein taught me the values of a free and independent society - courtesy, self-reliance, service, inclusion, willingness to take a stand, personal responsibility, tinkering, questioning, making, jury-rigging, love, Occam's Razor, repairing, and kindness.

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

Teen raises money for Buzzy device to ease pain for kids with cancer - https://t.co/OhjtNWKygJ @buzzyhelps So exciting @childrensatl

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

Updates on the mechanism and reasons nasal saline irrigation reduced COVID19 infection, duration and morbidity: https://t.co/GU18MDhKkR

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@Swartzentrub17 @ntweet_55 Believe me I was telling governors and people in the Biden admin when our results came in Jan 2021… but they sat on it not from evil, just that more than anything doctors are scared of looking foolish if they’re wrong. More published this month: https://t.co/GU18MDhKkR

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@whereisdaz @BenMazer It’s also made it incredibly hard to get real science funded. 80 independent RCTS for pain relief. But as a female scientist who started with needle pain for kids? Who cares if the tech also reduces opioid use. Or if I graduated multiple times?

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@BenMazer @TheAtlantic We both spoke at #TEDMED. I specialized in needle pain w/an NIH funded pain/fear relief device I offered for her #theranos finger sticks. Her black-turtlenecked phalanx whisked her away wordlessly. Do you know how hard she made it for legit female-led science to get funded?

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

I just donated to Nuçi's Space. https://t.co/0sR1tJrSpu via @everydotorg

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@uche_blackstock Try not having any doctors who can afford going into primary care.

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

https://t.co/9egGsrFtNM Webinar today - how to handle home injections aka "Don't quit #Dupixent"

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@uncover007 @FurnessColin @schwarmerei1 The povidone iodine turned out not to be necessary. It’s the saline.

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@HygieneJones @VPrasadMDMPH To be fair we believe additives weren’t even necessary: it’s the saline that improves ciliated epithelia function, neutrophil efficacy, and makes intercellular tonicity inhospitable for sars-cov-2 replication.

[Amy Baxter @AmyBaxterMD]

@HygieneJones @justin_hart @Anna23018 So sad. Cognitive dissonance + pharma focus/subornment