5.20.2006
they don't have a doc on staff
Watched CSI:somewhere the other day and would like to comment on something. Keep in mind that I love this show, it is very fascinating. Anyway, on a recent episode their was the gentlemen blowing things up and it just so happened that they found one of his hair's in the detonator. A shocking turn of events really, I would have imagined that would have blown up with the bomb, but sometimes I am a bit naive. In this hair, the forensic people were able to tell that this gentleman was taking haldol, but had recently stopped taking this dirty anti-psych med. I say dirty because it has a lot of side effects but for the most part works pretty well. The best part of this story is when they estimated a dose of haldol he had been previously taking...100 mg daily (extremely high dose-i usually see about 10 mg daily max)! No shit he stopped, he was probably experiencing the most horrendous dyskinesia known to man. He was actually unable to physically take the med and how he built a bomb is another mystery. I almost swallowed my teeth and they are all attached. Good times on syndicated television; doesn't everyone have access to a PDR if they want? We should send the CSI's one.
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2 comments:
Jill,
You are a pharmacy-geek!
Jomama
Sorry about the nuts quote...it was too funny! :) Here's another conundrum -- how many of those medical or crime shows do actually have a pharmacist on them? I'm half ready to start a letter writing campaign to get pharmacy involved. It's about damn time!
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