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A psychiatric assessment will be necessary after deliberate overdose (Photograph: Jason Heath Lancy)

Emergency Medicine - Management of the poisoned patient

Try to establish exactly what has been taken and when, write Dr Andrew Goddard and Dr James Dear....

Prolonged use of MDMA raises neurotoxicity, leading to possible memory deficiency and depression

Substance Misuse - The risks of using MDMA

Dr Meg Thomas discusses the interventions and advice that GPs can offer ecstasy users....

Ascites may need to be controlled with diuretics in endstage disease

Substance misuse - Prescribing for alcohol misusers

Measuring extent of liver damage and assessing likely drug interactions is key....

Cellulitis may result from overuse of injection sites

Substance misuse - Minimising the risks of injecting

Dr Meg Thomas sets out health promotion strategies to help patients who are drug users....

Intravenous drug users are prone to vein damage and infection

Drug misuse - The risks of intravenous drug use

In the first of this new series looking at the management of patients who misuse drugs, Dr Meg Thoma...

Snake bite on the lower leg of an African patient (Dr Stephen Morris-Jones)

The basics - Animal bites

Dr Emma Craythorne, Afsheen Aitzaz and Dr Rachael Morris-Jones discuss the management of those anima...

Substance misuse

Dr Stephen Pick welcomes this guide for GPs on managing substance misuse....

Venous insufficiency

Dispelling herbal medicine myths

Although herbal medicines have a role, the evidence is weak for some claims, says Dr Peter Canter....

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