Healthcare Update Satellite — 10-03-2013

Via @mdaware … ever wonder whether you need to prescribe two antibiotics for patients with uncomplicated cellulitis? EM Literature of Note’s Ryan Radecki pulls an article showing that there isn’t much difference in outcome/cure rates between treatment of uncomplicated cellulitis with only cephalexin versus combination treatment with cephalexin and Bactrim. This is important. And it’s from Fox News, so you know it’s fair and balanced. Be very careful about how you sign up for the Obamacare exchanges. Experts expect that there will be a lot of hacking/phishing attacks using phony web sites to try to get unsuspecting users’ information. Experts suggest not clicking on links in unsolicited e-mails or on social media sites, avoiding downloading any e-mail attachments, and making sure that the sites you visit have “https://” in the address. The drug that eats the junkies. Called “krokodil,” the drug desomorphine is mixed with adulterants such as gasoline, paint thinner, iodine, or oil and then injected. Reportedly it can get the user hooked in one or two uses and reportedly rots the brain and liver. Not so sure whether it is the drug or the adulterant doing the rotting, but the end results are still nasty. If you want to see examples of what the drug does to the skin of users, click on this link, but do it on an empty stomach. The site is in Russian and some of the pictures are gross. You’ve been warned. This link is more for the clipboard patrol and the offic...
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