Dr Ruben Thanacoody
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Email: ruben.thanacoody@ncl.ac.uk
- Address: 24 Claremont Road
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE2 4HH
My main research interest is the optimisation of acetylcysteine treatment regimens to reduce adverse reactions. I am the Principal Investigator in Newcastle for the Scottish and Newcastle Anti-Emetic Pre-Treatment in Paracetamol Poisoning (SNAP) clinical trial.
Module Leader, Experimental Medicine and Therapeutics, MRes
Module Leader, CSIM3 Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, MBBS
- Thanacoody HKR. Drug interactions. In: Walker, R.S., Whittlesea, C, ed. Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics. Edinburgh, UK: Churchill Livingstone, 2012, pp.50-61.
- Pettie J, Dow M, Sandilands EA, Thanacoody HKR, Bateman DN. An integrated care pathway improves the management of paracetamol poisoning. Emergency Medicine Journal 2012, (epub ahead of print).
- Thanacoody HKR. Serotonin syndrome. Medicine 2011, 35(10), 556-557.
- Thanacoody HKR. Opiate overdose. London, UK: BMJ Publishing Group, 2011. Available at: http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/339.html.
- Thanacoody R. Extracorporeal elimination in acute valproic acid poisoning. Clinical Toxicology 2009, 47(7), 609-616.
- Thanacoody HKR, Waring WS. Toxins affecting the cardiovascular system. Clinical Medicine 2008, 8(1), 92-95.
- Thanacoody HKR, Thomas SHL. Tricyclic antidepressant poisoning: Cardiovascular toxicity. Toxicological Reviews 2005, 24(3), 205-214.
- Bradberry SM, Thanacoody HKR, Watt BE, Thomas SHL, Vale JA. Management of the cardiovascular complications of tricyclic antidepressant poisoning: role of sodium bicarbonate. Toxicological Reviews 2005, 24(3), 195-204.
- Thanacoody HKR, Jay J, Sherval J. The association between drug-related deaths and prior contact with hospital-based services. Scottish Medical Journal 2009, 54(1), 7-10.
- Thanacoody HKR. Thioridazine: The good and the Bad. Recent Patents in Anti-Infective Drug Discovery 2011, 6(2), 92-98.
- Thanacoody HKR. Thioridazine: resurrection as an antimicrobial agent?. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2007, 64(5), 566-574.
- Amaral L, Abbate E, Boeree M, Gillespie S, Thanacoody R, Udwadia Z, vanIngen J, vanSoolingen D, Viveiros M. In vitro, ex vivo and in vivo studies indicate that neuroleptic thioridazine cures multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. In: 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy. 2011, Milan, Italy.
- Salih ISM, Thanacoody RHK, McKay GA, Thomas SHL. Comparison of the effects of thioridazine and mesoridazine on the QT interval in healthy adults after single oral doses. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2007, 82(5), 548-554.
- Thanacoody RHK, Daly AK, Reilly JG, Ferrier IN, Thomas SHL. Factors affecting drug concentrations and QT interval during thioridazine therapy. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2007, 82(5), 555-565.
- Weatherall I, Thanacoody HKR, Davies J, Cooper G, Thomas SHL. Characteristics of Toxic Alcohol and Glycol Poisoning in the UK. Clinical Toxicology 2011, 49(3), 236 abstract no. 161.
- Thanacoody HKR. Chronic valproic acid intoxication: reversal by naloxone. BMJ Case Reports 2009, (9), bcr06.2009.1924.
- Thanacoody HKR, Good AM, Waring WS, Bateman DN. Survey of cases of paracetamol overdose in the UK referred to National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) consultants. Emergency Medicine Journal 2008, 25(3), 140-143.
- Thanacoody HKR. Clinical Toxicology of Ayurvedic Medicines. In: EAPCCT XXVIII International Congress. 2008, Seville, Spain: Informa Healthcare.
- Thanacoody HKR, Thomas T, Purcell N, Graham K, Thomas SHL. [abstract] Spontaneous reporting of fatal adverse drug reactions in the north east of England. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2005, 59(5), 649-650.
- Thanacoody HKR, Thomas SHL. Antidepressant poisoning. Clinical Medicine 2003, 3(2), 114-118.
