A Local Epidemic of Laced Heroin Causing Skin Necrosis

The authors present a case of severe skin necrosis resulting from injecting heroin laced with a substance known as "Rizzy" powder. This powder is a toxic substance used to color the petals of plants. This report reviews how to manage the complications of such adulterated heroin.

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Autores principales: Houck, Jessica, Ganti, Latha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6666922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31367500
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4782
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spelling pubmed-66669222019-07-31 A Local Epidemic of Laced Heroin Causing Skin Necrosis Houck, Jessica Ganti, Latha Cureus Emergency Medicine The authors present a case of severe skin necrosis resulting from injecting heroin laced with a substance known as "Rizzy" powder. This powder is a toxic substance used to color the petals of plants. This report reviews how to manage the complications of such adulterated heroin. Cureus 2019-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6666922/ /pubmed/31367500 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4782 Text en Copyright © 2019, Houck et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full A Local Epidemic of Laced Heroin Causing Skin Necrosis
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title_short A Local Epidemic of Laced Heroin Causing Skin Necrosis
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topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6666922/
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