Citation

Salehi F, Hassanzadeh Taheri MM, Riasi H, Mehrpour O. Emergency (Tehran, Iran) 2017; 5(1): e47.

Affiliation

Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.; Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

28286854

Abstract

Drug abuse is considered as the most common poisoning in the world. Stimulants agent especially amphetamines and methamphetamines are among important abused substances. Different types of neurologic, psychiatric, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and cardiogenic complications have been reported to be related to methamphetamine consumption. Some of these substances could cause dysrhythmias which is the most prevalent etiology of cardiogenic syncope. Ecstasy, as one of the most commonly abused drugs, is known as a cause of cardiac dysrhythmias. Here we report a young boy who was admitted into the emergency department following three syncope attacks. All cardiac and neurologic assessments were normal; and finally ecstasy abuse was detected as the main etiology of syncopes.

Language: en

Keywords

4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; N-Methyl-3; Substance-related disorders; amphetamine; case report; syncope