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.

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

Much interest in how to study emerging trends in xylazine in Europe ⁦@eapcct⁩ #eapcct2023 ⁩ ⁦@EMCDDA⁩ ⁦@UPennEM⁩ international expert ⁦@TSpadaro91⁩ ⁦@acmtmedtox⁩ ⁦@RutgersTox⁩ ⁦@sarkerabeed⁩ ⁦@JLoveMD⁩ ⁦@CAMP_Penn⁩

Penn EM research day ⁦@UPennEM⁩ leading edge on xylazine led by ⁦@TSpadaro91⁩ ⁦@sarkerabeed⁩ ⁦@JLoveMD⁩ ⁦@m_lowenstein⁩ @especially_APT ⁦@kit_delgadoMD⁩ epidemiology+association w co-substance use route/quantities critical for prevention/tx

Impt work led by our ED buprenorphine coordinator @_earth2brittany w mentorship from @m_lowenstein. Dispensing harm reduction education w fentanyl test strips targeting pts who use stimulants #ASAM2023 @UPennEM @PennMedicine @ASAMorg @CAMP_Penn @nicolemodonnell @especially_APT

Very important next steps in addressing #xylazine laboratory testing in patients in the ED and hospital @especially_APT @m_lowenstein @TSpadaro91 @dorazepam @acmtmedtox @CAMP_Penn @PennMedicine @NIDAnews @PennIMResidents

Congratulations to our @UPennEM grad @JLoveMD for her auspicious grant writing and award at the @acmtmedtox. Inspirational to EM residents starting a tox career @TSpadaro91 @AACTinfo @SAEMonline @ACEPNow @CAMP_Penn @PennMedicine

A great public health display at Boston Logan but where’s the naloxone? Narcan is highly effective and easy to use. Perhaps OTC soon @US_FDA @FDA_Drug_Info @BonnieMilas @HarmReduction @_earth2brittany @nicolemodonnell @PennLDI @CAMP_Penn @PennMedCDH @m_lowenstein @PA_ACEP

The amazing @nicolemodonnell from @CAMP_Penn and @UPennEM shared research about supporting the peers who support others in the recovery journey. Special thx to KG +@m_lowenstein for the peer interviews and all the peers who do this work @CalderbankTara @preventionpp @AngelsMotion

@UPennEM senior resident @TSpadaro91 presenting to packed house at #AMERSA22 re: self-reported xylazine use in people who use fentanyl discussed in a Reddit forum. Thx to @NIDAnews @sarkerabeed @JLoveMD. So many unanswered questions re wounds +withdrawal.