Ventricular fibrillation due to overdose of loperamide, the 'poor man’s methadone'

Autor: Amr Salama, Yana Levin, Pramod Jha, Richard Alweis

Publikováno v: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 222-226 (2017)

Loperamide is an over-the-counter antidiarrheal agent that is considered by many patients to be safe, but has been used as a drug of abuse due to its opioid properties. However, cardiotoxicity has been reported, prompting the FDA to release a warning

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/9b1c797a280f40d3b4643b139861a056

Ventricular fibrillation due to overdose of loperamide, the 'poor man’s methadone'

Autor: Yana Levin, Richard Alweis, Pramod Jha, Amr Salama

Publikováno v: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 222-226 (2017)

Loperamide is an over-the-counter antidiarrheal agent that is considered by many patients to be safe, but has been used as a drug of abuse due to its opioid properties. However, cardiotoxicity has been reported, prompting the FDA to release a warning

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e44ef5b0f84450fdc5bcc2c0bad4d218
https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1351290

Subcutaneous treprostinil is well tolerated with infrequent site changes and analgesics

Autor: Karen Frutiger, R. James White, Antonia Heininger, Kathleen Wessman, Yana Levin

Publikováno v: Pulmonary circulation. 3(3)

Continuous prostanoid infusions are recommended for patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension. Infusion site pain has discouraged some physicians from considering subcutaneous (SQ) treprostinil therapy even though it has safety and conve

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24618545

A Formal Study Of Aggressive Pain Management And Infrequent Site Changes To Facilitate More Comfortable Subcutaneous Treprostinil Therapy

Autor: Yana Levin, R. J. White, Kathleen Wessman, Karen Frutiger

Publikováno v: D33. PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: TREATMENT.

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https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2011.183.1_meetingabstracts.a5907

Novel therapeutic approaches in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Focus on tadalafil

Autor: Richard James White, Yana Levin

Publikováno v: Drugs of Today. 47:145

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an enigmatic, often fatal disease of the lung. Excess vasoconstriction and progressive obliteration of the precapillary arterioles combine to reduce the cross-sectional area for blood flow and thus cause chron

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https://doi.org/10.1358/dot.2011.47.2.1544337