Background: It is estimated that 20% of patients who encounter the ED suffer from Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) . Hospitalists encounter many Alcohol Withdrawal admissions and are often tasked with providing short counseling sessions on AUD due to time restraints. Furthermore, up to 50% of of patents admitted for Alcohol withdrawal will be readmitted for […]

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 58 -year-old opioid naïve man admitted for elective knee arthroplasty received parenteral hydromorphone and enteral oxycodone for analgesia. On post-operative day one, he developed abdominal pain. Abdominal X-ray showed stool burden suggesting constipation (OIC) prompting management with laxatives; he was given 12 mg parenteral methylnaltrexone. Overnight he […]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old morbid obese female presented to the hospital with sudden-onset heart palpitations and skin paresthesia a few hours after taking a new medication she was prescribed for weight loss, bupropion/naltrexone 180/16mg once daily. The patient had a history of anxiety, for which she was prescribed citalopram 40 mg once daily. Upon her […]