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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

Just gonna leave this here.

z trans for palestine

@actup2exist

1 year

@BONH_Coalition @COCoalition Don’t forget @DrSarahAxelrath is the most punk rock doctor in CO

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

9 months

Got a pet cam to figure out what in God’s name goes on in this house while I’m gone and this is not surprising in the slightest

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

I was talking to a patient recently about her different experiences using heroin vs fentanyl. She’s been using opioids a long time. Too long, by her count. She explained the difference to me like this (shared with permission): 1/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Me, to myself at urgent care: play it cool so he won’t know you’re in healthcare and will just treat you normal Him: so where does it hurt? Me: about a centimeter distal to the lateral aspect of the ulnar styloid process, worse with supination/pronation 🤦‍♀️

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Listen, I’m not taking my mask off in crowded indoor spaces no matter what the CDC says.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

You know what WOULD stop her selling fentanyl? Easier access to #MOUD like methadone, buprenorphine, sustained-release oral morphine, and prescribed injectable heroin to stabilize her dependence. No need for fentanyl ➡️ no need to hustle ➡️ less fentanyl bought and sold. 9/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 months

Jayde briefly escaped into the neighborhood through an ajar side gate today and for 30 minutes I lost my will to live. In that time, she made friends with the woman who found her, conned her out of all of her cheese, and now the woman wants to dog sit this weekend 😂

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

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As a doctor, I counsel patients on nausea as a possible med side effect all the time. Usually mild and self-limited, yadda yadda. Turns out all nausea is mild until it’s your nausea. Yes I’m whining about my med effect nausea, and also Zofran should be OTC. That is all.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 months

@dieworkwear Man, these threads are great Twitter palate cleansers. Such a small detail but makes such a big difference, visually, even if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for. Anyone can see it. Cool.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

For the people asking “but can’t she be on methadone or buprenorphine?!” - yes. We discussed both options in great detail, as that is literally my job. She’s engaged in care and getting the best possible treatment under the circumstances. I won’t be sharing anything more.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

I’ve put needles inside of living people’s necks, abdominal cavities, and spinal canals without supervision but my mom will still be like “let me show you how to cut the tomatoes.”

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

She would love to stop selling, but will never be able to as long as she herself is reliant on an unforgiving, unpredictable street drug supply. Given a safe supply, she WILL use it and be under considerably less pressure to sell herself. 10/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

Is the fentanyl in the room with us right now, officer?

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

Increasingly harsh punishments for possessing and selling fentanyl, like those under consideration in the CO legislature, won’t solve the problem when most people who distribute are doing so at low levels to support their own dependence. 8/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

She’s housed now, but “with fentanyl, it’s like I’m homeless in my mind. I can’t let my guard down to rest, not even for one second. I have to stay in the hustle every moment to stay safe, to stay well.” 6/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

@LAPDMarcReina Hi. Board certified addiction medicine physician here. You cannot overdose on fentanyl through casual exposure to the drug in any form. You’re spreading medical misinformation. Delete this. @WTFentanylBot

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

With heroin, she had a 6-12 hour period after using when she could reliably expect to feel well. She could work, or visit with family. She could get a full night’s sleep and know she had enough left over to get well in the morning. She managed this way for years. 2/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

With the transition of our street drug supply from heroin to fentanyl, all that relative stability and predictability was lost. Because fentanyl is so short acting, she has to use every 3-4 hours to stay well. She wakes up in the middle of the night sick, forced to use. 3/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

With heroin there was some reprieve, but with fentanyl the hustle to stay well is relentless. She likened the stress of her fentanyl habit to being homeless - constantly worried about how she’s going to get this basic daily need met, and what will happen if she can’t. 5/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Just so we’re all on the same page on this: I will not be performing CPR during a pandemic without proper PPE. Not today, not ever. If @American_Heart thinks I should be fired for disregarding their recommendations, they’re welcome to come do my job in my place.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

Because illicit fentanyl is so unpredictable, she never has enough to make sure she can stay well until tomorrow. What if this batch is bunk? What if the next one is? With such variable potency she is constantly worried about running out and becoming sick. 4/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

Also shared with permission: she sells fentanyl to make enough money to support her own dependence. She doesn’t like doing it, but day labor has become nearly impossible with all the time and energy it takes to manage her habit. 7/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 months

@RyanMarino This guy literally never misses

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

Just some food for thought @jaredpolis @COAttnyGeneral @pweiser @leslieherod @pettersen4co @DenCityCouncil @KyleClark @kyle_a_harris @RubinoJC @jeremyjojola

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

Tattoo artist: So, what do you do? Me: I’m a doctor Her: No shit, I didn’t know they let doctors have tattoos these days Me: Lol who’s ‘they’? Her: I don’t know, probably old straight white guys? Me: *Nods* 🤷‍♀️.....😏 #medtwitter , let’s see yours!

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Hello, I’m a board certified internist who has had to review the diagnostic algorithm for hyponatremia twice in the last 48h. So no - it does not get better. 🤦‍♀️

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

@colleenmfarrell You’re not alone. When residents in Boston brought up the idea of hazard pay for extra hours and extra risk we were quieted by accusations that we sounded greedy, unprofessional, and like putting profits before pts (our profits, that is; the institutions’ I’m sure will survive).

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

Wow, I’m blown away by the overwhelmingly positive response. For every 1 stigmatizing or uninformed comment, there have been 100+ wanting solutions rooted in evidence-based #harmreduction , NOT punishment & incarceration. We are not in the minority, and we ARE voting constituents.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Retweet if you’re glad you got vaccinated.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

FYI I never stopped seeing patients with a mask on and I might never stop. 1. I had Covid once and I’d like to avoid getting it twice, if possible. 2. I’ve had 80% fewer colds since I stopped sitting, maskless, in small exam rooms with sick patients. It rules.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

@drcopps I looked at the photo and was thinking “what does she mean, she looks great!” And then I realized a pillow that’s cold on both sides is a good thing to wish someone and not a curse 😂

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

The CDC says it’s now ok to watch your dog stretch without saying “oooooh, BIG STRETCH”

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

The only thing comforting me today is watching my entire TL absolutely drag these CDC recommendations and that’s a sentence I never thought I’d say as a doctor looking for guidance amidst a global pandemic but here we are.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Man. That first paycheck as an attending at your dream job sure does hit different. 🥺🥰😭

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

Sitting at a bar alone on Christmas Eve, 286 miles away from home, listening to one bro earnestly tell his other bro that therapy really helped him this year. My heart needed that.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

Dear emergency medicine colleagues, When this mess is over, I vow to never again ask you what the urine lytes looked like. I will never expect you to give one single flying fuck about the urine lytes. Thank you for doing what you do. Please stay safe.

Amy Addante, MD, MSCI (she/her/hers)

@DrAmyAddante

4 years

Dear Emergency Medicine colleagues, When this mess is over, I vow I will come do any pelvic exam you ask me to and see any patient with a positive pregnancy test. You are rockstars and I am so grateful for all your are doing through this crisis.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

On your differential for a woman with medically unexplained chronic nausea, vomiting, and weight loss: don’t forget DV.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 month

@KyleClark I think your mistake was asking her for her opinion in the first place. Why? What does she add to actual news journalism?

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Twitter, I am having a sad. Safe and ultimately ok, but sad. Please show me your goofiest pet pics. 🙏❤️🙏

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

CDC says it wants to give people a “break” from masking. But kids under 5 who can’t be vaccinated and people who are immunocompromised don’t get a break from being at risk for serious Covid complications. My mask stays on to protect others.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

Finally, before I mute replies, hello to all my unexpected new followers! I tweet about #harmreduction , addiction medicine, and heavy metal. I love people who use drugs and pitbulls. That’s all you really need to know about me. 😘

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

I will be sure to share your messages of support, compassion, and hope with my patient. Imagine if *everyone* who struggles with chaotic substance use could feel this outpouring of unconditional love.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 months

@DreAllDay @maybegabrielle Are you implying that carrying and birthing a baby has no effect on a woman’s health? Eclampsia, gestational diabetes, HELLP, cardiomyopathy, stroke, hemorrhage, incontinence, post-partum depression, etc, would all like a word.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

9 months

@ileanavrivera Almost caught her jumping up on camera. I’ve been dying to see her in action

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

4 years ago tomorrow would have been my 1st #residency interview, at @mghmedres . I know this because 4 years ago today my dad died unexpectedly in Denver while I was in Boston. I cancelled the interview from the tarmac at 6am the day of, and flew home. It’s a whole 🧵

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

@mominmedicine I love this. None of this is innate, no one is born with the knowledge of how to care for sick patients in a complex health system. If I were a sick patient, I would rather have a doctor who is willing to try hard than one who thinks they’ve automatically nailed it.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

If anyone was wondering what it’s like to be a childless adult in your 30s finally with some disposable income: it’s like eating overpriced GrubHub sushi, drinking craft beer, and watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone on HBOMax. 🤷‍♀️

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

A patient just wished me a “happy 420” to which I replied “no it’s only 1:45,” so I guess these tattoos I got to make me look cool are gonna have to work harder.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

Well, my landlord’s chicken is clearly sick. They’re out of town and the neighbors upstairs who were tasked with taking care of the chicken are nowhere to be found to tell me wtf is going on. So I guess I’m just cross covering this chicken with no sign-out. TYPICAL 🙄

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

coffee methadone 🤝🤝🤝 legal substances that many people wait in line for each morning to start their day right

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Being the sole physician in the family sucks absolute ass. Discuss.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

This is our neighbor’s dog, Benny. Benny loves chaos 😂 (and is safely inside now)

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

9 months

If you’re seeing this post, consider this your friendly reminder that clean needles and overdose prevention centers save lives. Support your local harm reduction program!

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Alright since it’s officially the Monday after Match Day I feel justified in making a little announcement of my own: In August, I’m moving home to join Colorado Coalition for the Homeless @COCoalition as a Primary Care and Addiction Medicine doctor 🤗 - the dream!

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

Just finished my first hospitalist moonlighting shift in which I got paid 10x what I did as a resident to do 1/3 of the (significantly easier) work. Makes complete sense to me I don’t know why you look so confused. #medtwitter

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

You wouldn’t believe how far it goes to tell a patient: “I’m glad you’re here.” Especially in addiction treatment and 100x especially when someone is struggling. That’s when we should be GLADDEST a patient is there and still coming back, and for God’s sake, let’s tell them that.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

After 8 hours of street medicine in the Denver snow, what a luxury it is to come home to a hot shower. My patients deserve this, too. Everyone deserves this.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

My friend died of an overdose in 2015. She was 26. One day very much alive and working hard to get her life back on track. The next day dead alone in a bathroom.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Today on medical street outreach we went to a camp that has been “posted” for sweeping tomorrow. Everyone was frantically trying to pack up their few worldly belongings and scout a new spot to survive a few days until the next inevitable sweep.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

✅ First day of medical street outreach We’re managing cirrhosis, chronic wounds, blood clots, substance use disorders, and psychiatric illness on the street - not because we think that’s the best place for people to get care, but because that’s where people who need care are.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

A homeless patient needed to go to the ER but had no one to take care of her…laundry basket of 5 tiny puppies and mama!!! Cue our outreach team looking after them all day and our nurse fostering them until they’re old enough to be adopted…probably by the outreach team 💖

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Only in my first month as an attending would I be UpToDateing differential diagnosis of the common cold to make sure I don’t somehow unwittingly miss cancer.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

#medtwitter consultants, what’s your most utilized dot phrase? Mine is: “From an addiction perspective, NO CONTRAINDICATION for full opioid agonists as needed to manage acute pain, and patient may in fact require higher doses than expected due to baseline opioid tolerance.”

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Sir, I am here to give a lecture on injecting, smoking, and booty bumping drugs to a bunch of interns at home in their pajamas using a smart board over Zoom, so I’d wager I’m capable of doing a lot of things that you could never.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Shout out to the white-haired Profesor Emeritus of whatever who clocked my badge as I was walking in to the hospital and felt the irresistible need to comment “in my day, a doctor could never wear jeans to the hospital.”

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 months

I know, some days I can hardly believe it either. Pretty cool, right? Cheers! 🥂😎

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@hypocrisy_sucks

4 months

@DrSarahAxelrath Your welcome to provide actual studies and not aggregation. There is no way you are a doctor.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 months

@jtrebach That’s pretty funny. We had liver rounds but it was just all the residents drinking (not water) after work at the bar across the street from the hospital every Friday.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Please send your best suggestions for TV series, movies, and podcasts to fill up a 10-day Covid-19 isolation period. I will also accept pet pics and silly animal TikToks. Asking for me ☹️

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

After 5 months of trying to buy a house in Denver, here’s my #1 most valuable piece of advice: Don’t.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

@KaniveEdward @jbullockruns @813JAFERD Off the top of my head: Bipolar disorder. Sleep dysregulation is known to be a risk factor for mania. Pregnancy. There’s robust evidence that pregnant residents working nights have worse birth outcomes. Working nights is definitely not benign and may be unsafe for some.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

After my friend’s dad died ~a decade ago I bought $80 worth of ceramic plates from Goodwill and then we got drunk and smashed them in an alley. (We cleaned up after.) Healthcare workers: we’ve talked about our fatigue and sadness. How are we dealing with our anger?

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 months

@Rob_Stott Which kid did shallow chest compressions while yelling “DON’T YOU DIE ON ME!!!!”

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

I swore I’d never use a kindle or other e-reader. “Paper books only for me!” I declared with conviction to absolutely no one who asked. Now I read on my kindle every day and it’s great. Post something you were super wrong about so we can all learn from each other’s foolishness:

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

How I know all you new interns are gonna be ok: a brief story My first rotation of residency was in the ED. Day 2, I was managing a patient w/ septic shock, persistently hypotensive after the 30cc/kg bolus, on abx but not looking good. 1/x

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

9 months

@MaxJordan_N 61 is so young to die “after a brief illness.” 😔

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

What if there was just a clinic space where PWID could get methadone/bupe, sterile syringes/pipes, drug testing, wound care, psychiatry, primary care & HIV/HCV treatment, peer support/community activism, and lots of hot coffee. Does it exist? What else would you want to include?

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

People who don’t really understand what I do as an addiction medicine doctor wanna be like “I don’t know how you do it!” and “God bless you!” 🤦‍♀️ I get that you’re trying to be complimentary but, please...don’t be. Rant —> Rave 🧵

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

6 months

Dear Twitter, When an actual professional expert in a field corrects your verifiably false statement or use of unacceptably outdated language, it’s ok to say to yourself “hmm, maybe I was wrong. I’ll think on it.” You don’t HAVE to double down on being wronger, louder.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

5 months

@NussbaumMD What about instead of assuming that every order you write as a PGY-1 is perfectly correct, you assumed that any question from an experienced pharmacist probably deserves a second look and thoughtful answer?

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@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

@MrsPA_C @fazalabul Lol me too and I am the attending but imma need a more attending-y attending for this one

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@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

In addition to its well-documented public health and safety benefits, the main reason I support full drug legalization is: 👏👏👏there is nothing fundamentally or morally wrong with using drugs*👏👏👏 *written after taking my daily Wellbutrin, while drinking coffee

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@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

I open every harm reduction lecture for medical students and residents with this slide or one like it. “Say it with me now”:

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Shout-out to the nursing student who, when I asked about her background prior to nursing school answered “well, I’m 21, so I guess my background is…high school.” 😂😂😂

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@DrSarahAxelrath

1 year

My friend died of a heroin overdose at the age of 26 because she relapsed and, in her shame as isolation, used alone. It didn’t have to happen that way. #IOAD2023

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

@DrBryanLeyva We all know the exact visceral reaction you’re talking about, but most of us haven’t identified or honestly addressed it like you did - that takes a lot of self love and courage. Proud of you for speaking up, and I hope you get the rest you ~DESERVE~

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@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

Hey @NPR , hard to “lift the stigma from addiction,” as you aim to do with this morning’s story, while claiming things like there are certain “behaviors associated with addiction, like lying or stealing.” 🙄

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

4 years

13/ When you’ve lived with imposter syndrome, it’s easy to fall into the scarcity mindset that you have to gratefully accept any old thing that comes along. YOU DON’T. The right program will want you and show it. And when they show it - try, for God’s sake, to believe them.

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3 months

I didn’t want my friend to inject heroin. But I really, really didn’t want her to overdose & die alone at 25. I wish she were alive & using today. Or alive & getting help. Or alive & sober. Alive & anything is better than dead, no matter what people who hate drug users say.

Ryan Marino, MD

@RyanMarino

4 months

If you’ve lost someone you love to preventable drug harms I want you to know I’m sorry & they’d be proud of you working to help others who use drugs instead of punching down on drug use & drug deaths as “a choice” or “crime” since nobody chooses to die & we could prevent deaths.

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1 year

High quality, peer reviewed research published in a prestigious academic journal, using *Denver-specific data* suggests that constant encampment sweeps lead to more overdose and infectious disease-related deaths among people experiencing homelessness. The policy is indefensible.

Josh Barocas, MD

@jabarocas

1 year

Our study found that encampment clearance/sweeps could increase deaths among people experiencing homelessness by 25% by 2028. "Sweeping" people is not a solution to #homelessness , but is rather a form of (costly) state-sponsored violence.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

2 years

What type of training does a physician need in order to safely prescribe misoprostol/mifepristone?

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

3 years

30% of my fellowship is just writing the phrase: “from an addictions standpoint, there is NO contraindication to using full opioid agonists as clinically appropriate for treatment of acute pain” in all my consult notes.

Taylor Nichols, MD

@tnicholsmd

3 years

People who use drugs still deserve appropriate pain management. Full stop.

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@KaniveEdward @jbullockruns @813JAFERD 2/ Epilepsy. Sleep deprivation/dysregulation can increase risk of seizures. Depression. Sleep dysregulation can be a trigger for a major depressive episode. ADD/ADHD. Sleep deprivation/dysregulation can exacerbate symptoms. I’m sure I could go on @KaniveEdward

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@DeirdreAndres I love this and honestly wouldn’t be as upset about today had she not crossed a MAJOR heavily trafficked road to end up where I found her. If she would agree to keep her cheese scam artistry within a 2 neighborhood block radius I’d find it much more charming 😂

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@samjcohn A friend’s parents are house hunting in my neighborhood (Park Hill) and preparing to go $300k above asking. I’m going to be renting forever 🤷‍♀️

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Sarah Axelrath MD

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As a primary care and addiction specialist: Cocaine is very not good for the heart. Do what you’re gonna do as safely as you can - I’ll support you - but know cocaine has real risks so that you can mitigate them. Risk denial is antithetical to harm reduction.

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Did an aortic dissection tweet this?

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4 years

@Surgeon_General Is this your official position on #COVID ー19? Because I’m here to tell you that in hospitals and clinics and community triage centers what we need more than “just love” is TESTING and SUPPLIES. #medtwitter

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Sarah Axelrath MD

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2 years

Can anyone tell me what hydrogen peroxide is actually FOR? Like, why does it exist? Should it even exist? If it disappeared from the face of the earth tomorrow we’d have a lot fewer non-healing wounds and the downside would be…?

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Sarah Axelrath MD

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3 years

Finally a board certified addiction medicine specialist! Many thanks to @MGH_SUDs and everyone listed below for teaching me not only the content of this work but also -and much more importantly- the history, philosophy, and practice.

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Sarah Axelrath MD

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Denver’s policy of constantly and relentlessly sweeping homeless encampments isn’t ending homelessness. This policy is only making it increasingly impossible for outreach workers to do our damn jobs, while costing the taxpayers millions/year.

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I gave our clinic’s first Sublocade injection today 🎉

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Sarah Axelrath MD

@DrSarahAxelrath

7 months

While overdose deaths rose, emergency calls fell in 2023 following passage of the Fentanyl Accountability Act which increased criminal charges for possession of small amounts of fentanyl. I do believe we warned about this.

While overdose deaths in Denver rose, emergency calls fell

Denver 911 recorded 1,535 fewer calls coded as overdoses in its system last year.

www.axios.com

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