Comments on: Raves, Rollin’, & Roofies: Your Guide to Club Drugs

By: opiophile

opiophile — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:02:46 +0000

dope article

By: Alejandra

Alejandra — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:44:24 +0000

Very useful article, thanks. For those who read Spanish, I have just published in Argentina a book on club drugs: “En trance. Todo lo que querés saber sobre drogas de diseño” (Editorial Sudamericana, Random House Mondadori). I´m a Science journalist, so I hope it is easy to read.
You can find more information in my blog: http://biostem.wordpress.com

By: Irena

Irena — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:53:35 +0000

I read the article from the beginning to the end and enjoyed it immensely. I have a question: if I go to medical school, will I be able to spend at least two hours of quality time every day with my sons? It doesn’t have to be two hours at a time; several breaks between chapters would be fine. When(if)I start med school, they will be 13 and let’s assume that my mother would take care of the house chores for us. I am in my 30s, foreign educated, love science, and have always been a good student. Is medical school fun? How about residency? Would I have time for a boyfriend? Sorry for the digression and thanks in advance for your replies.
P.S. I loved the comment on the “ambiguous” meaning of “working after raving.” So funny!
P.S.S. Also, speaking as a patient, I am very disappointed that the “IV Tequilla” was just a joke.

By: Alison Hayward

Alison Hayward — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:14:10 +0000

@Anonymous: that is correct, sorry for our error. I’m not sure, but the confusion may have stemmed from the fact that GHB is the only drug to be listed as Schedule I (high potential for abuse, no legitimate medicinal use) and Schedule III (potential for abuse but with currently accepted medicinal use) when marketed as Xyrem. Anyone wanting to know more, the Wikipedia article on Xyrem is interesting.

Also, as a postscript, I saw an attending order ethanol for a patient last week who was going into withdrawal. The pharmacy sent 2 cans of Bud Light, no questions asked. Fascinating!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:01:05 +0000

This was a really informative article. I did spot one flaw though. GHB is not banned in the US. In fact, it’s prescribed for narcolepsy under the name Xyrem.

By: bk

bk — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:41:32 +0000

Thanks for the article.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:01:09 +0000

It wont take much more than some restraints, a foley catheter for a stat UDS to figure it out!

P.s. working in the ER at 3AM really sucks

By: Alison Hayward

Alison Hayward — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:39:53 +0000

@ robotrippER:
My mother noticed the same ambiguity about that sentence after this was published and I had a good laugh about it.

Disclaimer: the authors do not support the practice of working the graveyard shift in the ED status post dancing all night at a rave….

By: Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:33:26 +0000

To Derrick… I’m sorry but if there’s a resident who didn’t understand the IV full of Tequila was a joke… well then we’ve got problems with our MED SCHOOL ADMISSION’s Process that go well beyond our choice of Humor.

LOL.

By: robotrippER

robotrippER — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:33:34 +0000

“An 18 year old male presents to the ED where you are working at about 3 am after being at a ‘rave.’”

Most of the vignette is great, I just don’t think you should go straight to work from a rave.