‘ Loperamide overdose induces ventricular tachycardia with catastrophic outcomes’

Loperamide is a widely available, over-the-counter medication. The advent of the opioid epidemic has seen cases of loperamide overdose being reported. The common side effects of the medication can be relatively benign, but at high doses, loperamide can precipitate life-threatening arrhythmias. Our c...

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Autores principales: Ali, Zain, Shoukat, Umer, Khan, Mariya, Roomi, Sohaib, Ullah, Waqas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7426977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32850070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1766839
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author Ali, Zain
Shoukat, Umer
Khan, Mariya
Roomi, Sohaib
Ullah, Waqas
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description Loperamide is a widely available, over-the-counter medication. The advent of the opioid epidemic has seen cases of loperamide overdose being reported. The common side effects of the medication can be relatively benign, but at high doses, loperamide can precipitate life-threatening arrhythmias. Our case highlights rare side effects of loperamide overdose inducing ventricular tachycardia, with unfavorable consequences. This case emphasizes that the distribution and availability of this medication should be restricted, to be a prescription drug, to prevent overdose and adverse outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-74269772020-08-25 ‘ Loperamide overdose induces ventricular tachycardia with catastrophic outcomes’ Ali, Zain Shoukat, Umer Khan, Mariya Roomi, Sohaib Ullah, Waqas J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Loperamide is a widely available, over-the-counter medication. The advent of the opioid epidemic has seen cases of loperamide overdose being reported. The common side effects of the medication can be relatively benign, but at high doses, loperamide can precipitate life-threatening arrhythmias. Our case highlights rare side effects of loperamide overdose inducing ventricular tachycardia, with unfavorable consequences. This case emphasizes that the distribution and availability of this medication should be restricted, to be a prescription drug, to prevent overdose and adverse outcomes. Taylor & Francis 2020-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7426977/ /pubmed/32850070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1766839 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full ‘ Loperamide overdose induces ventricular tachycardia with catastrophic outcomes’
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32850070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1766839
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