Dr. Gem Marq Mutia - Adult Medicine

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18/10/2025

Medication management in the ICU is one of the most complex and important parts of patient care. Every drip you see hanging represents a medication that is actively keeping a vital function going. Vasopressors maintain blood pressure when the heart can’t, sedatives keep patients safe and comfortable while intubated, and insulin infusions control blood sugar that can swing dangerously high under stress. Each dose must be constantly adjusted based on minute-to-minute changes in vitals and labs. It’s a precise balance of physiology, pharmacology, and teamwork that determines whether a critically ill patient stabilizes or deteriorates.

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Yep. Anti-vaxxers reject modern medicine - up until the time they get sick, then it's all "gimme that good stuff, doctor!"

ALT TEXT: A meme by the page One Vaxxed Nurse. It's a stock photo of a pharmacist serving a customer, with text overlaid that reads:

Here's your Tamiflu, Robitussin, Ibuprofen, and Sudafed. Good thing you skipped that flu shot so you wouldn't support "big pharma."

11/10/2025

50 mg of oral daily was associated with body weight reduction and improved cardiometabolic risk factors in East Asian adults with overweight or , with or without type 2 . https://ja.ma/47fYGll

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09/10/2025

In 1965, a Scottish man named Angus Barbieri didn’t eat for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his excess body fat and vitamins, ultimately losing 276 pounds with seemingly no adverse effects. He only pooped once every 40 to 50 days.

Barbieri, a 27-year-old man from Dundee, Scotland, embarked on one of the most extreme medically supervised fasts in history. Weighing 456 pounds, Barbieri agreed to participate in a hospital-led experiment to lose weight by consuming nothing but water, tea, coffee, and vitamin supplements. The fast lasted an astonishing 382 days, during which he lost 276 pounds. Regular checkups showed no major health complications, and his body adapted by burning stored fat for energy. Barbieri continued his daily life, even taking occasional trips to the hospital for testing. When he finally ended the fast in 1966, his first solid meal was a boiled egg. His story gained international attention, both for its success and for the medical mystery of how his body endured such deprivation. Doctors later confirmed that his metabolic adaptation allowed him to survive safely, though such a feat would never be recommended today.

Added Fact: After his fast, Barbieri maintained his weight for decades, regaining only about 16 pounds before his death in 1990. His case remains the longest medically documented fast in history.