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Ventricular Tachycardia Triggered by Loperamide and Famotidine Abuse
A 32-year-old male developed recurrent ventricular tachycardia after taking mega doses of loperamide and famotidine in order to experience an opiate-like euphoric effect. He was taking up to 200 mg of loperamide and multiple doses of famotidine each day. He developed palpitations and syncope. Electr...
Autores principales: | Larsen, Timothy R., McMunn, Jedediah, Ahmad, Hala, AlMahameed, Soufian T. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816737/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29455270 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40800-018-0077-0 |
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