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

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

Autor: Salama A; Department of Medicine, Unity Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA., Levin Y; Department of Medicine, Unity Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA., Jha P; Department of Medicine, Unity Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA., Alweis R; Department of Medicine, Unity Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA.; Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA.; School of Health Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.

Publikováno v: Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives [J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect] 2017 Sep 19; Vol. 7 (4), pp. 222-226. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Sep 19 (Print Publication: 2017).