Severe gamma-hydroxybutyrate withdrawal: A case report and literature review

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-70

  Craig, Kathryn ^a   Gomez, Hernan F ^b   McManus, John L ^a   Bania, Theodore C ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Gamma hydroxybutyrate; Hallucinations; Tremors; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NALOXONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; EMERGENCIES; GABA MODULATORS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LORAZEPAM; MALE; SODIUM OXYBATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR;

EID: 0033985329     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00163-8     Document Type: Article

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