Jeanmarie Perrone MD

Emergency+ Addiction Medicine, doc, Mom, Professor, University of Penn Working to engage patients into treatment

[M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS @kit_delgadoMD]

This is an important new trial for EMS clinicians, emergency and critical care physicians, hospitalists, and toxicologists.

@resusone, @JMPerroneMD, and I wrote an editorial telling you what you need to know:
https://t.co/9K0XJdZ6mM

[Joseph D'Orazio @JDOrazioMD]

Things We Do for No Reason™: Avoiding methadone for opioid withdrawal - Martin - 2023 - Journal of Hospital Medicine - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/jXuQxwVq4b

[Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) @ToxICACMT]

🚨Press Release🚨ACMT/ToxIC DOTS Program to Expand Under Increased Federal Funding https://t.co/yc8jZFrlIB
@Kimnoshie @CFSRE_ @macacharya @TonyPizon @toxicologist12 @mbspyres @JMPerroneMD @rghendrickson @RachelCulbreth @Dr_GoldiTox @kavitababu @nephrotox @ZiadKazzi

[Bonnie Milas MD @BonnieMilas]

Must be prepared at home and out in public to rescue OD with naloxone. Friends & family, or someone else’s rely on us. Stop fentanyl’s mass destruction in the U.S. @ASALifeline @JeromeAdamsMD @JMPerroneMD @lisasokoloff @NoraMatus

[Bonnie Milas MD @BonnieMilas]

So wonderful to be honored by my professional group today. Must inspire others to educate our pt.s/communities to be ready to respond with the antidote & BLS. Fentanyl is out there… @Asally @JMPerroneMD @ASALifeline @juliedees

[Jeanmarie Perrone MD @JMPerroneMD]

Excellent opportunity to collaborate w my medical toxicology/addiction medicine colleagues to describe the xylazine problem in the Phila area @acmtmedtox @ASAMorg @UPennEM @CAMP_Penn @PennMedEVDCSO @PennIMResidents @UPenn_FMRP @PennLDI @PennInjury @PennCECPR @AnnalsofIM @Penn

[Joseph D'Orazio @JDOrazioMD]

Xylazine Adulteration of the Heroin–Fentanyl Drug Supply: A Narrative Review: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0 @JMPerroneMD @LNelsonMD @HarozR and Rachel Wightman. https://t.co/omaghdaXFk

[Bonnie Milas MD @BonnieMilas]

When asked “Who here is carrying Narcan?” Luis Seija, MD clearly showed that he carries it!! Great to brainstorm with Dr. Jerome Adams, and other like-minded professionals today at Penn.⁦@PennMedicine⁩ ⁦@PennAnesthesia⁩ ⁦@JMPerroneMD⁩ ⁦@_earth2brittany⁩

[Jeanmarie Perrone MD @JMPerroneMD]

We’re talking about fentanyl and xylazine all wrong https://t.co/xznEBmul3P via @phillyinquirer @TSpadaro91 @_earth2brittany @nicolemodonnell @UPenn_FMRP @Penn @PennPubHealth @HarmReduction @UPennEM @CAMP_Penn @JLoveMD @especially_APT @UtshaKhatriMD @acmtmedtox @ASAMorg

[Joe Kraher @jkraher]

@JMPerroneMD Great Op-Ed today in Inquirer. We need more voices like yours intelligently advocating for Supervised Injection Sites.
I was one of the original developers of NET in 1970. It was the first residential Drug Treatment Center in Philadelphia at the time. I

[Jeanmarie Perrone MD @JMPerroneMD]

Important toxicology meeting w many former @UPennEM grads. @JLoveMD presents #xylazine detection in opioid overdoses. Xylazine detected in 20% of opioid overdoses in a national sample.

[Penn LDI @PennLDI]

NEW study in @JAM_ASAM reveals insights from Reddit users about #xylazine in street drugs: Many describe it as an unwanted addition causing prolonged sedation & withdrawal, particularly in the northeastern U.S.

Read more by LDI Fellow @JMPerroneMD et al:
https://t.co/8ALeZH9daw

[Jeanmarie Perrone MD @JMPerroneMD]

Listening to the poise and advocacy of our @UPennEM + @CAMP_Penn Grand Rounds @UtshaKhatriMD addressing the injustices of healthcare and mass incarceration. Up to 80% suffer from SUD. @JonLepleyDO @m_lowenstein @nyulangoneEM @nicolemodonnell @kit_delgadoMD @Eugenia_South

[Penn Medicine @PennMedicine]

The powerful animal tranquilizer, xylazine, is being detected more often in the illegal drug supply, but it's fentanyl that's killing opioid users, experts warn. @JMPerroneMD discusses the drug and its effect on patients with opioid use disorder. @NBCNews https://t.co/2aQ78lsysy

[Jeanmarie Perrone MD @JMPerroneMD]

Tranq increasingly found in opioid overdose deaths, CDC warns https://t.co/CLcNYmlnLb via @nbcnews Further evidence that xylazine may not directly worsen lethality- although wounds and barriers to treatment may @JLoveMD @acmtmedtox @UPennEM @CAMP_Penn @PennPubHealth @PennMedicine

[M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS @kit_delgadoMD]

Credit goes to our incredible multidisciplinary team: @m_lowenstein @JMPerroneMD @CAMP_Penn's Rachel McFadden @nicolemodonnell @UPennEM's Jeff Moon @zacharymeisel @UPennDBEI's Nandita Mitra and our incredible staff @PennNudgeUnit.

And @m_lowenstein is a super star 🌠

[Jeanmarie Perrone MD @JMPerroneMD]

Project HOME receives $25M donation to combat addiction with primary care, housing https://t.co/Qlj8IA9Rh6 via @phillyinquirer

[Jeanmarie Perrone MD @JMPerroneMD]

Project HOME receives $25M donation to combat addiction with primary care, housing https://t.co/Qlj8IA9Rh6 via @phillyinquirer

[Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW @MyHarmReduction]

The problem is that the people who want treatment often cannot find it, afford it, get to it easily, and fit it into their lives. Sometimes they will need multiple shots at it.

Meanwhile, people who need food, housing, sleep, and community are told they need treatment first.

[Bonnie Milas MD @BonnieMilas]

Must be careful with our messaging to public. Xylazine is almost always present with fentanyl. OD should still be tx with naloxone. Enough reversal of opioid likely enough to restore breathing & consciousness. Give Narcan.@DrGupta46 @JMPerroneMD @PennAnesthesia @PennMedicine

[Andrew Stolbach, MD, MPH @toxicologist12]

Naloxone is short acting. That’s a good thing. Withdrawal will pass quickly.

When naloxone wears off, we can give more if we need to.

I have been treating opioid overdoses for nearly two decades, and I have never, ever thought we needed a long-acting reversal agent.