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Cardiac Arrhythmia Secondary to Loperamide Abuse and Toxicity

Loperamide is a synthetic, over-the-counter, antidiarrheal medication that is widely available and used for the treatment of diarrhea. It is a peripherally acting opioid agonist acting mostly on the μ-opioid receptors in the gut. It was thought to be a very safe medication up until very recently, as...

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Autores principales: Ali, Mohammed, Mujahid, Aisha, Bulathsinghala, Chinthaka P, Surani, Salim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7067360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190488
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6936