How Breaking Bad Helped Me Choose the Name of My Future Doodle

[Adina P]

I'm not getting another dog ANYTIME soon.  So we'll put suspicions to rest there.

But since Breaking Bad is now over...and I'm having withdrawals,  (If you didn't watch all seasons you can not possibly understand ;-))  I was thinking about how 'pretty' the word for 'meth' sounds in Spanish.  It ends in -amina and I thought...hmmm...that would be an interesting name.  Oh no...maybe "Amino" would sound better.  But that doesn't sound like a kid's name...maybe ... a DOG!  Then I pondered the various parts of the word and found in the sounds... "FETA!!!!"

OMD isn't "Feta" a perfect name for a white doodle?  I'm in love with this idea!  Now it is here, in writing, so nobody can steal this name.  Okay?   Perhaps I can license it to you for use, but you'll have to agree to cease and desist use of this name for any doodle once my white doodle is born.

*If you haven't seen the show, you won't understand why I would even be pondering this.  I'm really not crazy or interested in illegal drugs, I promise you!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Me neither. The whole premise makes me I'll. here is what popped up in my mail moments ago.
"
The flesh-eating street narcotic known as "Krokodil" in Russia, where it has been used extensively by addicts since 2003, may have made its way to the United States, according to a report from an Arizona poison control center.

This version of the opioid desomorphine was nicknamed Krokodil and pronounced crocodile because it causes a users' skin to turn scaly and green, eventually leading the skin to rot and even drop off.

Although the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (NYS OASAS) estimates that as many as 1 million people in Russia have used this drug, what is thought to be the first 2 cases of use in the United States were reported during the past week in Arizona.

Frank LoVecchio, DO, a medical toxicologist and co–medical director at the Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center in Phoenix, Arizona, told Medscape Medical News that this is a "very frightening drug" that clinicians need to be aware of.

"Based on what we know from Russia, it is just so devastating," said Dr. LoVecchio.

"It might be a little sensational to say it's killing you from the inside out. But if you inject this toxin into your skin, or muscle, or veins, you actually can say that. It can cause a lot of damage."

Paint Thinner, Lighter Fluid, Gasoline

Desomorphine was invented in 1932 in the United States as a faster and more potent form of morphine and was used under the name "Permonid" in Switzerland, reports the NYS OASAS.

However, the recent bootleg version of this injectable drug contains crushed codeine tablets (which can be purchased in Russia without a prescription), as well as red phosphorus and often iodine, hydrochloric acid (HCA), paint thinner, lighter fluid, and even gasoline. It is also approximately 3 times cheaper to buy in Russia than is heroin.

Use has been reported in other European countries, such as Germany.

As reported recently by Medscape Medical News, Krokodil is known as "the drug that eats junkies," and for many users leads to having exposed bones and rotting sores all over their bodies. It can also cause a rupture of blood vessels, and complications can include thrombophlebitis and gangrene.

The survival rate after first use of this designer drug is usually only 2 to 3 years.

"The reason the skin effects from this are so tragic is because of the way this stuff is made. Addicts know that injecting gives a quicker and better high. But they want to get 'the medication' out of the codeine pill by crushing it and then adding in different chemicals and then passing it through filters, such as coffee filters," said Dr. LoVecchio.

"However, some impurities remain. We know from our poison center experience that just having HCA on your skin can cause illnesses and significant scarring. And some of the other chemicals can lead to fat cells and muscles dying, leading to big holes in the skin or tissue."

Be on the Lookout, Call for Help

Although there have been few studies of this drug, an article published last year in Substance Use and Misuse notes that treatment should be similar to that of heroin, including the use of naloxone. The serious tissue damage at injection sites should help clinicians to distinguish between users of the 2 substances.

"It is not unusual for users to present to the emergency department with exposed skeletal anatomy, ligaments, and tendons," writes Ashley Grigsby, from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine.

She adds that identification and treatment of infections in these patients are also hugely important.

In 2011, Time magazine published a story about a woman who survived her addiction to Krokodil but had a subsequent speech impediment and decreased motor skills ― and only stopped using the substance after gangrene began to develop around her groin, which was her injection site. Still, she considered herself lucky because most of her friends who were users had already died or "simply rotted."

Dr. LoVecchio noted that if clinicians suspect that a patient is presenting with complications from Krokodil use, they should contact their local poison center through the nationwide number 1- 800-222-1222 to discuss management options.

"I don't want to oversensationalize it, but I am worried. And I hope the use of this drug just stops and doesn't go any further. So my goal is to tell physicians to just be on the lookout and to be aware from a public health standpoint," he said.


Medscape Medical News © 2013 WebMD, LLC "

[Donna K & Quincy]

F, That is just terrifying.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Hard to believe, no?

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Donna, I have never seen the episode. I have enough Meth Addicts around this town that I shy away from the show. 

Not really the reason. I don't get the channel  :)   Plus, in the Summer, I dont sit well for TV shows.

Maybe I will find it this winter.

[Adina P]

W

[Adina P]

What I meant to say is:
We don't have any channels.  Netflix :-)

[Joanna, Zoe & Bender]

Feta is such a cute name!  esp for a white doodle since they curly fur will be textured like Feta!  But can't you say you named your dog after Feta cheese rather than saying it's name comes from meth?  hehe

[Adina P]

But just imagine the looks on people's faces when I'd say "Oh her name is Feta.  You know, short for methamphetamine."  Way more fun to say than "cheese."  LOL

[Joanna, Zoe & Bender]

Lol Adina! That IS pretty hilarious!

[Carol and Banjo]

Withdrawals here too Adina....just trying to cope....believing that somehow, some way Walt will be back....

Maybe a new DK Group......BB Survivors....

Love the name!    I picture a white doodle that looks...sorta like Spud!

[Adina P]

Carol...we are survivors.  Given the several heart attacks I nearly had on certain episodes.  I had to leave the room in this last season on episode...um...third from last I think.  I couldn't stay...it was too intense.  Of course I snuck back for peeks :-)

[Carol and Banjo]

Haha.....Adina....I don't recall which season....but the episode in the desert house with the old man with the bell.....I actually developed HIVES on my face and neck watching it!    The last time I got hives was years before a few days before a surgery I was not looking forward to.