Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

FDA Keeping Tabs on Montelukast Suicide Risk

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) presented the preliminary results of new research on montelukast at the American College of Toxicology meeting recently, describing potential side-effect risks for the oral asthma drug. Montelukast may be leading to mental health conditions and suicide by attaching to multiple brain receptors that are involved in psychiatric functioning, researchers say. According to Reuters, thousands of patients have reported neuropsychiatric episodes, prompting the FDA to launch a comprehensive investigation and …

North Carolina Urgent Care Center Focuses on Mental Health Complaints

Urgent care has made its mark by delivering good care to people on a walk-in basis. Those patients with sore throats, lacerations, and other complaints could have chosen to be treated in a primary care office, but realized their symptoms were such that waiting a few days was a miserable (or possibly dangerous) proposition. Some patients with mental health complaints find themselves in the same position—or worse, considering they might not already be aligned with …

Altered Mental Status in an Elderly Patient Due to Chronic Salicylate Toxicity

Urgent message: Urgent care providers must maintain a high index of suspicion for life-threatening conditions when assessing patients whose self-reporting of symptoms can be vague and nonspecific. Introduction Elderly patients often present for medical evaluation with vague complaints, oftentimes requiring the provider to obtain additional history from family and caregivers. Urgent care providers must maintain a high index of suspicion for life-threatening conditions based on non-specific symptoms. This case demonstrates the importance of recognizing a …