Mephentermine dependence in a young Indian adult without psychosis.
anaesthesia
drug misuse (including addiction)
drugs in sport / doping control
drugs misuse (including addiction)
psychiatry (drugs and medicines)
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 Nov 2020
02 Nov 2020
Historique:
entrez:
3
11
2020
pubmed:
4
11
2020
medline:
16
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Mephentermine is a vasopressor drug closely related to amphetamine and methamphetamine. Cases of abuse and dependence to mephentermine have dotted medical literature for a long time. Till date, 11 cases of dependence to mephentermine have been published. In this report, a case of mephentermine dependence is being discussed. The patient was a young adult male who was dependent to mephentermine for nearly 3 years. He was an athlete and was introduced to mephentermine by his peer for enhancing performance. He did not develop any major physical or psychiatric issue due to the drug. He was managed on out patient basis. Though cases of mephentermine dependence are few and far in medical literature, reports from other sources indicate that the problem could be more common and could be on rise. High index of suspicion and holistic care is likely to help patients and treating clinicians.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33139366
pii: 13/11/e236924
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236924
pmc: PMC7607562
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Vasoconstrictor Agents
0
Mephentermine
TEZ91L71V4
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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