A life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia secondary to loperamide abuse, “a poor man’s methadone”

A life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia secondary to loperamide abuse, “a poor man’s methadone”

The case of a patient with repetitive syncope episodes with a history of using loperamide at high doses for recreational purposes in search of an effect similar to heroin, is reported. In the diagnostic approach with Holter monitoring, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation were eviden...

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Main Authors: Miguel A. Rojas Carrera, Juan Guzman Olea, Gabriel Guzman Olea, Ernesto Hernandez Jimenez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Scientific Research and Development of Education. 2021-03-01
Series:Heart Vessels and Transplantation
Subjects:
loperamide
ventricular tachycardia
ventricular fibrillation
drug-induced syncope
holter monitoring
Online Access:https://www.hvt-journal.com/articles/art249
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Summary:The case of a patient with repetitive syncope episodes with a history of using loperamide at high doses for recreational purposes in search of an effect similar to heroin, is reported. In the diagnostic approach with Holter monitoring, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation were evidenced. We also present the treatment of our case and review the literature.
ISSN:1694-7886
1694-7894

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