Hemiplegia After Intracarotid Injection of Methylphenidate
| Autor: | Lorenzo Alaan, Ram K. Chillar, Anthony L. Jackson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Substance-Related Disorders Distended veins Carotid arteries Hemiplegia Sympathetic nerve Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) mental disorders medicine Humans Neck veins Heroin addicts business.industry Methylphenidate Carotid sheath Surgery Carotid Arteries medicine.anatomical_structure Injections Intra-Arterial Anesthesia cardiovascular system Female Neurology (clinical) business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Neurology. 39:598-599 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9942 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archneur.1982.00510210068021 |
| Popis: | Recently, we have taken care of several patients addicted to methylphenidate (Ritalin) hydrochloride who used the deep neck veins to gain access to the circulation, presumably because it might be easier to inject these distended veins with a simple Valsalva's maneuver. Consequently, nerves and arteries intimately associated with the internal jugular veins are vulnerable to injury by infiltration or direct injection of these substances. One such injury to the post-ganglionic sympathetic nerve fibers in the carotid sheath might have been the cause of Horner's syndrome in a heroin addict. 1 However, despite a comprehensive review of the literature on neurologic complications in heroin addicts published by Richter et al, 2 to our knowledge no reports of intracarotid injections are currently available. During the past year we have encountered two addicts who, while attempting to inject methylphenidate into the neck veins, probably injected the drug into their carotid arteries |
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