Aluminum Toxicity Due to Intravenous Injection of Boiled Methadone

Autor:	Gayatri M. Sreenivasan, Raymund L. Yong, Daniel T. Holmes
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Emotional lability business.industry Myoclonic Jerk food and beverages General Medicine Postural tremor medicine.disease Serum aluminum level Surgery Substance abuse Dysarthria Anesthesia Toxicity medicine medicine.symptom business Methadone medicine.drug
Zdroj:	New England Journal of Medicine. 354:1210-1211
ISSN:	1533-4406 0028-4793
DOI:	10.1056/nejmc053341
Popis:	To the Editor: A 42-year-old man who was in rehabilitation for intravenous substance abuse presented with a three-month history of seizures and incoordination. Other symptoms included dysarthria, a hesitant pattern of speech, myoclonic jerks, postural tremor, emotional lability, and fluctuating short-term memory. On questioning he admitted that for four years he had been concentrating his methadone preparation, which was diluted with a grape-flavored drink, by heating it in an uncoated aluminum pot. He would then reconstitute the residue for intravenous injection. His serum aluminum level was 6650 nmol per liter (reference interval
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