Bottoms Up: Methamphetamine Toxicity from an Unusual Route

Methamphetamine (MA) use is becoming commonplace, and emergency physicians (EPs) are seeing patients with abuse-associated complications. Previous reports have described inhalational and intravenous routes. We present the second case of rectal MA abuse in the literature. Trans-rectal use is importan...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Malkeet, Bailey, Scott, Lovato, Luis M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2009
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Clinical Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561771
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description Methamphetamine (MA) use is becoming commonplace, and emergency physicians (EPs) are seeing patients with abuse-associated complications. Previous reports have described inhalational and intravenous routes. We present the second case of rectal MA abuse in the literature. Trans-rectal use is important for EPs to consider because ongoing absorption of massive quantities may be averted upon detection. Additionally, trans-rectal abuse risks anorectal trauma and vascular necrosis with colonic perforation.
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spelling pubmed-26722872009-06-24 Bottoms Up: Methamphetamine Toxicity from an Unusual Route Gupta, Malkeet Bailey, Scott Lovato, Luis M. West J Emerg Med Clinical Practice Methamphetamine (MA) use is becoming commonplace, and emergency physicians (EPs) are seeing patients with abuse-associated complications. Previous reports have described inhalational and intravenous routes. We present the second case of rectal MA abuse in the literature. Trans-rectal use is important for EPs to consider because ongoing absorption of massive quantities may be averted upon detection. Additionally, trans-rectal abuse risks anorectal trauma and vascular necrosis with colonic perforation. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2009-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2672287/ /pubmed/19561771 Text en Copyright © 2009 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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Gupta, Malkeet
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Bottoms Up: Methamphetamine Toxicity from an Unusual Route
title Bottoms Up: Methamphetamine Toxicity from an Unusual Route
title_full Bottoms Up: Methamphetamine Toxicity from an Unusual Route
title_fullStr Bottoms Up: Methamphetamine Toxicity from an Unusual Route
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title_short Bottoms Up: Methamphetamine Toxicity from an Unusual Route
title_sort bottoms up: methamphetamine toxicity from an unusual route
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561771
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