So I guess murderous poisons are ok... sometimes.
Doctors Are Sharing The Rarest Medications They've Ever Had To Administer, And It's Actually Fascinatingthat asked:"Nurses/doctors of Reddit, what's the rarest/least common medication you've ever had to administer and why?" It sent me down a rabbit hole; I kind of forgot I was in PUBLIC while Googling things like"poop transplants" and"arsenic poisoning.
"Maggots. We had a person addicted to drugs come in who had let an infection go so long in his arm from repeated needle usage that all our attempts to clean it failed. We ended up using maggots to eat away the dead tissue while leaving the healthy tissue intact. The dude just had an open wound full of maggots loosely covered in some gauze for like... several days. The worst part is always having to collect them afterward.
"I gave an old man an M&M one time when he was demanding a sleeping pill. Blood pressure was too low, so the doctor wouldn't order a real one. Worked great."
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