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From the Fellowship and Division of Medical Toxicology at the University of Massachusetts. Tweets not medical advice. Cases altered to protect patient privacy.

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Watch the Overdose Prevention Fund's Narcan/CPR video and learn to save a life. @odprevent #overdose #overdoseawareness #savealife

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[Peter Chai @PeterRchai]

When I was a @UMassTox fellow, we would hear much about the legend Chris linden. But when he came to visit he was so down to earth and engaged with our consults and questions. I will miss him for sure.

[UMass Memorial Health @umassmemorial]

Thursday is International Overdose Awareness Day. Brittany Chapman, associate director of @ODPrevent, explains what Narcan is, how you can save a life by carrying it and being able to recognize an opioid overdose.

@UMassTox @OverdoseDay

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[Dejah Judelson (she/her) @DejahJudelson]

One of my favorite Worcester Hometown heroes @kavitababu throwing the ceremonial first pitch @WooSox @umassmemorial !

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Journal Club is better with awesome people and great eats.

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Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and Rancho Corona

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2022 overdose data from the CDC: https://t.co/YKivR1c9tq

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Very proud of our own @kavitababu and her relentless advocacy for those experiencing opioid use disorder.

[UMass Memorial Health @umassmemorial]

Congrats are in order for Dr. @kavitababu, this quarter’s Josie King Hero Award recipient! She has tirelessly championed for opioid-use reduction and worked to reduce the incidence of overdose in our communities. 👏 @JKFfoundation #UMassMemorial

[Ken Shanahan @kenpshanahan]

Today was the 2022 Lifeflight EMS Symposium. There was really great content and the team did an amazing job putting this event together. Special thanks to Flight RN Donald LeBlanc for all the work leading the team on this. https://t.co/qlb7CoAuXz

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Welcome aboard to our new fellows, Dr. Forrest Mahony (UConn/Hartford Hospital) and Dr. Eddie Shin (UMass)!

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Wild mushrooms don’t look dangerous. Foragers in the US run the risk of liver/kidney failure if they choose incorrectly.

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Unless you’re a (careful) mycologist, get your mushrooms at the store.

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Wild mushrooms don’t look dangerous. Foragers in the US run the risk of liver/kidney failure if they choose incorrectly.

[UMass Memorial Health @umassmemorial]

Learn more about #UMassMemorial's Drs. @Dr_Carreiro and Movahedi’s life-saving care for an Amherst mother and her son after consuming poisonous mushrooms. 🍄 #UMassMemorialMedicalCenter #toxicology #Worcester

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Recent immigrants are a special population at risk. Poisonous local mushrooms look like edible/ delicious ones in other countries.

[UMass Memorial Health @umassmemorial]

Learn more about #UMassMemorial's Drs. @Dr_Carreiro and Movahedi’s life-saving care for an Amherst mother and her son after consuming poisonous mushrooms. 🍄 #UMassMemorialMedicalCenter #toxicology #Worcester

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Just another #toxthursday discussing snake envenomations. Good luck to our recently graduated fellows taking the tox boards today!

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Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Carey and her promotion to Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine today. So well-deserved!! @UMassChan @umassEMresident @UMassEMResearch

[UMass Chan Emergency Medicine Research @UMassEMResearch]

Congratulations to Stephanie Carreiro, MD @UMassChan for receiving funding via Indivior for research on "Digital Biomarkers of Craving During Treatment with Extended-Release Buprenorphine." 👀more from @Dr_Carreiro here: https://t.co/7a7RHpVbcy @UMassEMResearch @UMassTox

[UMassTox @UMassTox]

Excited for the formal launch of @umassmemorial @UMassTox Road to Care tomorrow! Please join us for the ribbon cutting ceremony for this life-saving innovation! @ODPrevent

[UMass Chan Medical School @UMassChan]

Wednesday is International Overdose Awareness Day. UMass Chan Medical School toxicology expert Kavita Babu, MD, wrote about measures to prevent fentanyl overdose in this @ConversationUS piece: https://t.co/bbn3TtX2th #IOAD2022 @kavitababu @UMassEMResearch @UMassTox @ToxInnovation