Seizure and Coma Following Kratom (Mitragynina speciosa Korth) Exposure

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-426

  Nelsen, Jamie L ^a   Lapoint, Jeff ^a   Hodgman, Michael J ^b   Aldous, Kenneth M ^c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SUNY Upstate Medical University ^*  (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Kratom; Mitragynina speciosa Korth; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMITRIPTYLINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KRATOM; LORAZEPAM; MITRAGYNINE; OXYCODONE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; COMA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA; URINALYSIS;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAGYNA; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; POISONING; SECOLOGANIN TRYPTAMINE ALKALOIDS; SEIZURES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650054059     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-010-0079-5     Document Type: Article

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