Severe toxicity due to injected but not oral or nasal abuse of methylphenidate tablets

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue OCTOBER, 2011, Pages

  Bruggisser, Marcel ^a   Bodmer, Michael ^a   Liechti, Matthias E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abuse; Intoxication; Methylphenidate; Misuse

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWITZERLAND; TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREMOR; ADDICTION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG USERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655147898     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13267     Document Type: Article

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