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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...
Autores principales: | Ali, Mohammed, Mujahid, Aisha, Bulathsinghala, Chinthaka P, Surani, Salim |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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