Sriracha, Zohydro, and more: tox on the web

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DJN0gnuI8 The science of Sriracha: The American Chemical Society has a must-see video on Sriracha hot sauce — it goes well with everything — including disquisitions about the origin of the Scoville scale and the physiology of capsaicinoids. (HT @ToxTalk) Early ads for sedatives: The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel — which is doing some of the best reporting in the country on drugs and the pharmaceutical industry — has a great collection of medical journal ads for tranquilizers from the 1950s and 60s.  This post accompanies their story on the deadly interaction between sedatives and opioids. Where did the potassium go?: At Life in the Fast Lane, Kylie McNamara has posted a great case of puzzling hypokalemia in Q&A form. A conundrum worthy of Dr. House. Must-read post about getting around scientific paywalls: The Incubator blog from Rockefeller University has a must-read post about scientific paywalls and how they can be circumvented using resources such as Google Scholar, Reddit Scholar, and Twitter (#ICanHazPDF). Don’t miss this one. Just say no: Forbes posts about the movement to stop the impending release of the opioid Zohydro-ER onto the pharmaceutical market. This formulation contains up to 50 mg of hydrocodone per pill, 5-10 times more than either Vicodin or Lortab. It does not contain acetaminophen. In addition, it does not contain any abuse-deterrent technology, which will make it easy to crush and then sn...
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