“Speedballing” to Severe Rhabdomyolysis and Hemodialysis in a 27-Year-Old Male

With the popularity of smartphones, many drug users buy counterfeit pills online that can lead to serious adverse effects and be detrimental to their health. This case report showcases a young 27-year-old male who smoked and snorted four blue pills called “M30,” which were bought online, resulting i...

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Autores principales: Maheshwari, Mani, Athiraman, Hemanthkumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8712215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34976547
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20667
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description With the popularity of smartphones, many drug users buy counterfeit pills online that can lead to serious adverse effects and be detrimental to their health. This case report showcases a young 27-year-old male who smoked and snorted four blue pills called “M30,” which were bought online, resulting in severe rhabdomyolysis and fulminant kidney failure requiring regular hemodialysis.
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spelling pubmed-87122152021-12-30 “Speedballing” to Severe Rhabdomyolysis and Hemodialysis in a 27-Year-Old Male Maheshwari, Mani Athiraman, Hemanthkumar Cureus Internal Medicine With the popularity of smartphones, many drug users buy counterfeit pills online that can lead to serious adverse effects and be detrimental to their health. This case report showcases a young 27-year-old male who smoked and snorted four blue pills called “M30,” which were bought online, resulting in severe rhabdomyolysis and fulminant kidney failure requiring regular hemodialysis. Cureus 2021-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8712215/ /pubmed/34976547 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20667 Text en Copyright © 2021, Maheshwari et al. https://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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