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Ventricular fibrillation due to overdose of loperamide, the “poor man’s methadone”
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 regarding the arrhythmogenic potential of loperam...
Autores principales: | Salama, Amr, Levin, Yana, Jha, Pramod, Alweis, Richard |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5637705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29046747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2017.1351290 |
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