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Rick Pescatore, D.O.

Emergency physician · Editor-in-Chief, Emergency Medicine News

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Four picks. One practice, one paper, one product, one person.

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The Practice

A pearl from the bedside.

The clinical move I would actually make, and the mechanism underneath it.

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The Publication

One paper, three sentences.

A study worth your time, and what it does not prove.

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The Product

One thing worth it.

A tool, a book, a device I would use. Sponsored picks are labeled.

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The Person

Someone worth following.

A researcher or clinician doing work that deserves a wider room.

This week · Issue 001

The allergy aisle clue.

Why two of the cheapest pills in the pharmacy keep coming up for gut pain no scan can explain.

Dr. Rick’s Picks No. 001

The antihistamine question in gut-brain disorders

01 · The Practice

“My doctor mentioned taking Claritin and Pepcid together for my stomach. Is that crazy?” It is not crazy. It is also not a cure. The reasoning is more interesting than the pills.

Your gut wall is packed with the same immune cells that fire during an allergic reaction. When they crowd the nerves, they turn up the volume on signals the brain reads as pain. Block that signal, and in small studies, the volume comes down.

— Rick

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