Adverse effects from counterfeit alprazolam tablets

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1554-1555

  Arens, Ann M ^a,b   Van Wijk, Xander M R ^c   Vo, Kathy T ^a,b   Lynch, Kara L ^c   Wu, Alan H B ^c   Smollin, Craig G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Poison Control System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; ETIZOLAM; FENTANYL; TROPONIN; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; COUNTERFEIT DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TABLET; YOUNG ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EMERGENCY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PARESTHESIA;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; COUNTERFEIT DRUGS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PARESTHESIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TABLETS;

EID: 84997481973     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.4306     Document Type: Letter

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