Acute Myocardial Infarction following Naltrexone Consumption; a Case Report

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine

Amir Habibi¹  Bita Dadpour¹  Arash Gholoobi²  Shahrad Tajoddini³ 

[1] Addiction Research Centre, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.;Atherosclerosis Prevention Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.;Medical Toxicology Research Centre, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.;

关键词: Cardiovascular effects of opioid withdrawal have long been studied. It was reported that patients with underlying ischemic heart disease and atherosclerotic vessels may be complicated by a sudden physical and emotional stress due to withdrawal syndrome. B;   

DOI  :  10.22037/aaem.v5i1.170

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Cardiovascular effects of opioid withdrawal have long been studied. It was reported that patients with underlying ischemic heart disease and atherosclerotic vessels may be complicated by a sudden physical and emotional stress due to withdrawal syndrome. But some other believes sudden increase in catecholamine level as a sympathetic overflow might effect on heart with and without underlying ischemia. In the current study, a patient on methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) who experienced myocardial infarction (MI) after taking naltrexone was described.

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