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  • 标题:Acute methoxetamine and amphetamine poisoning with fatal outcome: A case report
  • 作者:Marek Wiergowski ; Jacek Anand ; Maciej Krzyżanowski
  • 期刊名称:International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
  • 印刷版ISSN:1232-1087
  • 电子版ISSN:1896-494X
  • 出版年度:2014
  • 卷号:27
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:683-690
  • DOI:10.2478/s13382-014-0290-8
  • 出版社:Walter de Gruyter GmbH
  • 摘要:

    Methoxetamine (MXE) is a psychoactive substance distributed mostly via the Internet and is not liable to legal regulation in Poland. MXE has a toxicity profile similar to that of ketamine but longer-lasting effects. The paper describes a case of acute poisoning that resulted from recreational use of MXE and amphetamine and ended in death. In mid-July 2012, a 31-year old man was admitted to the clinical toxicology unit in Gdańsk because of poisoning with an unknown psychoactive substance. The patient was transported to the emergency department (ED) at 5:15 a.m. in a very poor general condition, in a deep coma, with acute respiratory failure, hyperthermia (> 39°C) and generalized seizures. Laboratory tests showed marked leukocytosis, signs of massive rhabdomyolysis, hepatic failure and beginning of acute renal failure. Despite intensive therapy, the patient died 4 weeks after the poisoning in the course of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome. Chemical and toxicological studies of serum and urine samples collected on the poisoning day at 1:40 p.m. confirmed that amphetamine and MXE had been taken earlier that day. Concentration of amphetamine in the serum (0.06 μg/ml) was within the non-toxic range, while MXE (0.32 μg/ml) was within the toxic range of concentrations. Amphetamine was also detected in the patient’s hair, which suggested a possibility of its use within the last dozen weeks or so. The serious clinical course of intoxication and co-existence of amphetamine and MXE in the patient’s blood and urine suggest the possibility of adverse interactions between them.

  • 关键词:Acute poisoning ; Methoxetamine (MXE) ; Amphetamine ; Fatal new drug intoxication ; Gas chromatography ; Mass spectrometry
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