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Want a feel for how extensive, entrenched and structured the hatred in America is for our tens of millions of drug users? Take this #ThoughtExperiment with me....

#Stigma #PWUD #PWID #DrugUse #HumanRights #PublicHealth
#HarmReduction #NormalizeHR #SafeSupply #SCS #SIF

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IMAGINE for a moment that you woke up tomorrow to the news that the entire retail #alcohol supply in the #US was randomly contaminated with deadly levels of #fentanyl. A one ounce shot could put you into respiratory arrest in 120 seconds, quickly followed by cardiac arrest.

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The proper administration of #NARCAN within minutes or #RescueBreathing is your only hope for survival; #911 and #EMS can’t get there that fast.

Now IMAGINE for a moment what the governmental and civil society response would be to this news...

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In addition to these CT findings, there are multiple wedge-shaped peripheral areas of hypoattenuation in the spleen.

Name the host and the risk factor.
28 PWID. No PMH.
Fever, chills, sweats. cough, abdominal pain x 1 week

PE: ill-looking, murmur, scattered rales, petechiae
WBC 19.5, Cre 2.16
Blood culture: MSSA
CT (prior tweet)
TEE ordered.

Whic of the following options is best for Rx?
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Case diagnosis:
#MSSA #Endocarditis in #PWID

TEE: TV multiple vegetations + small aortic valve lesion. PFO with small right to left shunt
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