Urethralism concomitant with amphetamine abuse

the transition to amphetamine abuse

Misdiagnosed Pruritus; Formication due to Chronic Amphetamine Abuse

Amphetamine abusers are shown to have significant cognitive impairments as well as delusional disorders. We present a 17-year-old man who was admitted to the toxicology emergency department with amphetamine overdose. Along with the classic signs and symptoms of overdose including mydriasis, tachycardia, hypertension, sweating and severe agitation, his urine toxicology screen test was found to b...

Acute Demyelination in a Person with Amphetamine Abuse

We report the case of a 31-year-old woman, admitted to the hospital for chest pain, dying a few days later from septic multiorgan failure, and showing at autopsy foci of acute demyelination in the occipital lobe. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis revealed the presence of amphetamine in the demyelinated area, which might be considered as the pathogenic agent, since other causes for d...

Methylphenidate is distinguished from amphetamine in drug-of-abuse testing.

To the Editor: The prescription of medicines like methylphenidate for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has increased ten-fold since 2004 in Denmark, and now amounts to approximately 12 million defined daily doses per year. Testing the patients for drug abuse is highly relevant, because the link between ADHD and drug abuse continues to be an area of interest in both adolescent and...

Acute myocardial infarction caused by intravenous amphetamine abuse.

A man aged 27 years presented with an acute myocardial infarction after injecting himself intravenously with amphetamine. Soon after admission ventricular fibrillation developed. This was successfully cardioverted. Coronary arteriography was normal.