The Poison Lab

More Bitter than Sweet (Mad Honey and Grayanotoxin)

Episode Summary

In this episode Ryan and Toxo breakdown the toxic effects of a sweet tasting "medical" which was the first every chemical warfare agent!

Episode Notes

• Case from the show
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22163140/
• Mithradates
  • https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(11)00043-3/pdf
• Case series on mad honey effects
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20575670/
• Blog post on sodium channel openers
  • https://emcrit.org/toxhound/ff-plant-sodium-channel-openers/