Citation

Chaudhari S, Wankhedkar K, Popis-Matejak B, Baumstein D. Am. J. Ther. 2015; 23(4): e1108-9.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ; and Department of Internal Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/MJT.0000000000000172

PMID

25782567

Abstract

Acute renal failure from rhabdomyolysis is a well-established clinical entity; however, rhabdomyolysis exclusively caused by the ingestion of methadone requiring hemodialysis is very uncommon. With a similar mechanism to opiates, methadone can cause rhabdomyolysis and further consequences. Given the increasing use of methadone as a therapy for opiate dependence, clinicians prescribing this medication should be aware of this life-threatening complication.

Language: en