“Robo-Tripping”: Dextromethorphan Abuse and its Anesthetic Implications
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“Robo-Tripping”: Dextromethorphan Abuse and its Anesthetic Implications
INTRODUCTION We describe a patient scheduled for elective surgery who regularly consumed approximately 12 to 15 times the maximum recommended daily dose of dextromethorphan. We describe the clinical pharmacology of dextromethorphan and discuss its anesthetic implications. CASE PRESENTATION A 30-year-old man with a history of a nasal fracture was scheduled to undergo an elective septorhinoplas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2228-7523,2228-7531
DOI: 10.5812/aapm.20990