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Josh Trebach, MD

@jtrebach.bsky.social

ER doc. Toxicologist. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ I post about poisons & cats & fighting misinformation. Posts/DMs = my own (not employer’s) & not medical advice. contact = ToxTrebach@gmail.com

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*be me in med school*

me: ok remember these 3 wordsβ€”book, cat, potato. I’ll ask again in 5 min to test your memory

patient: ok

*5min later*

patient: book, cat…uhhh…what was the third one?

me: …….

patient: did u forget too

me: …………yeah

02.10.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
Orange cat and grey cat on top of Simpsons arcade cabinet

Orange cat and grey cat on top of Simpsons arcade cabinet

just Bucket (orange) and Pebble (grey) being gamer kitties

01.10.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Happy birthday omgggggg!!!! πŸŽ‰

23.09.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image with the text β€œeverything is going to be okay! They JUST announced it”

Image with the text β€œeverything is going to be okay! They JUST announced it”

big if true!!!

22.09.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In order to suddenly claim Tylenol leads to autism, we would need better data.……data we do not currently have.

Declaring that tylenol use in pregnant people can lead to autism, with the available evidence we have now, is scientifically irresponsible.

22.09.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 352    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

People unfamiliar with science will say "well we have one paper not showing a link and another paper showing a link." This is misleading because the papers are NOT created equally. The scientific/methodological rigor of Ahlqvist is much stronger.

22.09.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 341    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

However a paper by Prada et al (2025) claims to show an association between acetaminophen in pregnancy and autism. However this was a systematic review with a bunch of observational studies and limited control for confounding. There's so much heterogeneity. This is weak.

22.09.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Currently, the strongest study we have that examined this is by Ahlqvist et al (2024), a study of 2.5 MILLION children...its a prospectively controlled study and adjusted for confounders (environment, genetic). It showed no association between acetaminophen in pregnancy & autism

22.09.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

hi, medical toxicologist that knows a lot about Tylenol hereπŸ‘‹ Claiming that tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism is fearmongering

here's what you need to know 🧡

22.09.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1424    πŸ” 531    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 18
Marge looking concerned and then Marge covering her mouth while smiling

Marge looking concerned and then Marge covering her mouth while smiling

*me working in pediatrics ER*

kid: do u play video games

kid’s dad: he’s a doctor of course he doesn’t play video games

me:

21.09.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

And good vibes 😎

20.09.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you don’t have gram positive cocci growing in your blood stream, your body is just starving for vancomycin

20.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œYou’re not sick your body is starving” infographic that lists a bunch of diseases and things your body is β€œlacking”

β€œYou’re not sick your body is starving” infographic that lists a bunch of diseases and things your body is β€œlacking”

thank goodness for this useless infographic now we know the cure for cancer is β€œminerals”

20.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 11

Don’t underestimate the cellulose in plant cell walls

16.09.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

chew your food please or it will get stuck in your esophagus and then you will have to go to the ER

and yes the culprit almost always is steak

16.09.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait this lowkey looks good

09.09.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg

08.09.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

RIGHT?

08.09.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I KNOWWWWWWWW

08.09.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So cute omgggg

08.09.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Omggggg cuties!!!

08.09.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Orange cat (Bucket) cuddling with dilute tortie (Pebble)

Orange cat (Bucket) cuddling with dilute tortie (Pebble)

got a new kitten from the shelter and we named her Pebble and I was worried that our adult cat Bucket would be upset but it has been less than 2 weeks and I woke up this morning to this πŸ₯°

07.09.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2631    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 8

like the fact there were multiple people participating being like β€œhehe 😜 β€œ is wild to me

04.09.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

if you post a video on social media making fun of your patients body fluids you deserve to be fired and never see patients again

04.09.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

not sure what is more impressiveβ€”an IV placed in the forehead, or the fact that it was documented as β€œIV-head”

02.09.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

But…toxicology…

26.08.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait cats can’t talk!!!

26.08.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s cheating on u

26.08.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Show Reese’s

26.08.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

close, it’s sheep blood πŸ’•

26.08.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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