Confirmed glyburide poisoning from ingestion of "street valium"

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-278

  Lung, Derrick D ^a   Gerona, Roy R ^b   Wu, Alan H B ^b   Smollin, Craig G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

benzodiazepine; diazepam; drugs of abuse; glyburide; hypoglycemia chemically induced; hypoglycemic agents poisoning; overdose; poisoning; street drugs poisoning; sulfonylurea

Indexed keywords

7 AMINOCLONAZEPAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; COTININE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; NALOXONE; OCTREOTIDE; OPIATE; RECOMBINANT GLUCAGON; THEOPHYLLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

COUNTERFEIT DRUGS; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLYBURIDE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84865026022     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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