Definition:

To administer a drug intravenously.

Usage:

The doctor pushed some levophed before Fay died. The last thing she said to me was "I hate 'Charles in Charge.'" Me too, Fay, me too.

Synonyms:

administer

Created Jul 20, 2009

Definition:

Common term for cocaine.

Usage:

My patient ODed on coke. Didn't he see ESPN's "30 on 30" special on Len Bias?

Synonyms:

Blow, Yeyo, Bolivian Marching Powder, Stash, Girl, Snow, Star, Stardust

Created Nov 06, 2009

Definition:

Toxicological screen. It is the term given to the various medical tests used to determine the type and approximate amount of legal and illegal drugs in a person's system.

Usage:

We ran a tox screen and found Rompun and Acepromazine, both potent horse tranquilizers. Is this a person or is it Man O'War?

Synonyms:

toxicological screen

Created Nov 07, 2009

Definition:

A street name for the drug ecstasy.

Usage:

Charlie popped some disco biscuits at a rave and was about three more Paul Oakenfold songs away from cardiovascular failure.

Synonyms:

quaaludes, ludes

Created Nov 17, 2009

Definition:

Dilaudid, a potent and highly addictive centrally-acting analgesic drug of the opioid class. Delilah is a popular nation-wide radio personality who caters to lonely and desperate listeners. The joke is that that drug seekers are no different than Delilah's listeners.

Usage:

They always come in looking for Delilah.

Synonyms:

Hydromorphone, Palladone, dimorphone, dihydromorphinone

Created Nov 24, 2009

Definition:

Street name for a particularly potent crystalline solid form of cocaine.

Usage:

My patient came in hopped up on crack.

Created Jan 27, 2010

Definition:

Crank is a mixture of crack cocaine and another stimulant, such as amphetamine.

Usage:

My patient has a gunshot wound. Apparently he was the mark in a crank deal gone bad.

Created Jan 27, 2010

Definition:

A patient addicted to illicit substances, usually heroin or cocaine.

Usage:

The junky went after the new nurse Pam, grabbing at her legs and screaming for more gin.

Synonyms:

drug addict, abuser, user

Created Feb 04, 2010

Definition:

A patient who is either stoned or heavily medicated.

Usage:

I suppose you could say that he has a pharmaceutically enhanced personality on account of all the acid he ate to watch "The Wizard of Oz."

Created Feb 08, 2010

Definition:

A mother who is encouraging her child to exaggerate the nature of his or her complaint. This is often done to elicit a particular diagnoses or to obtain a certain prescription.

Usage:

This stage mother was really coaching her 9-year-old son to get that Riddlin script. Mother's little helper.

Created Feb 09, 2010

Definition:

Morphine.

Usage:

The guy in 53 is begging for more vitamin M.

Synonyms:

morphine, MS Contin, MSIR, Avinza, Kadian, Oramorph, Roxanol

Created Feb 15, 2010

Definition:

A dose of pain killers that makes the patient forget a painful procedure.

Usage:

She was reeling with pain, so we'll just give her a dose of I-don't-remember and it'll be like it never happened. Kinda like "Men in Black." How's that for an awful late-90's reference?

Created Feb 19, 2010

Definition:

A patient who is confused, either by dementia or drug abuse.

Usage:

This guy's a total space cadet.

Created May 25, 2010