Recent content by QofQuimica

I'm a she, but thanks. ;-)

OP, you have a lot of changes going on in your life right now. If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion to a perfect stranger over the internet, stop for a second. Take a breath. Any one of these things (finishing a PhD, having a baby, applying to medical school) is a huge life transition...

Yes, you are. But are you really not going to go for what you want because your hill to climb might be a bit steeper? If you are going to go the combined program route, you definitely want to make sure that your credentials are on par with those of the trads, and ideally better than the...

Bad idea. As noted above, don’t ever lie on an app. But don’t go out of your way to volunteer extra info either. This kind of unsolicited admission is almost certainly going to hurt you more than it helps.

This is me asking a question because I’m not a psychiatrist and will never prescribe these meds, but I’m interested in drug pharmacology and toxicology. Not sure why that seems like an ad to you, but no, I have no vested interest in your prescription habits. Tetrabenazine is the old generic...

Curious if anyone here has experience with prescribing or using these (valbenazine or deutetrabenazine). Do you find that they work well in practice? Any issues with prolonged QTc or 2D6 interactions? The deuterated one....just blows my mind. What an amazing idea.

I would argue that money can actually solve certain problems very nicely -- or at least blunt the potential pain that those problems due to lack of money can cause you. But no, more money beyond what you need to have a standard of living (however you define that) is not going to give your life...

I'm good. I'm still lurking here but not posting as much since I'm really not the best person to answer a lot of premed questions any more. But, even at my stage of the game, I still have to study for and take board exams, so I definitely can give some advice on that. ;)

It's definitely not completely crazy as an idea, and I can tell you that there are plenty of people working in the addiction community who are in recovery themselves (including many of the docs!). Some people might even argue that a doc in recovery understands what an addicted patient is going...

Anything you go into with the attitude that you don't like it and don't want to do it is going to be worse than it would be if you approached it with a more positive attitude. That being said, maybe part of the problem as others have alluded to is that French isn't terribly useful in your...

I was ten years out of college when I applied, and I did not have any letters from UG. As some of the prior posters suggested, you should ask the individual schools what letters they want based on your specific situation.

Agree with futuremd. Odds are that you are trying to take on too much study-wise. You're better off picking one or two good resources and knowing them well than scattering yourself among half a dozen things and not really learning any of them. Ditto for next year when you start studying for...

This. Just as when a person buys illicit drugs off the street, there is no one guaranteeing that what they think they're buying is what they're actually buying. As @tr suggested, there is also a significant body of literature suggesting that supplements often are adulterated (e.g., contain...

Gotcha. Fair enough. It will be interesting to see what happens next year when Brixadi presumably becomes available.

The OP's post is spot-on and good advice for those who thought they wanted one residency program and ended up with something else. It's really hard to know what's important and what you want/need in a residency program when you're an MS4. Programs are on their best behavior trying to sell...