Amphetamine lacing of an internet-marketed neutraceutical

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1627-1629

  Nguyen, Minh H ^a   Ormiston, T O ^a   Kurani, Sanjay ^a   Woo, Demise K ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 CYANOETHYLAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NUTRACEUTICAL; PANTOPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; RANITIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPING; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; NAUSEA; SYMPTOM; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33845323042     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.12.1627     Document Type: Article

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