Can You Repeat What You Just Said? A Case of Unusual Hearing Loss

Kansas Journal of Medicine

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John Netherton¹  Rachna Kalia²  Kennedy Kirkpatrick² 

[1] KU School of Medicine-Wichita;University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita

关键词: opioid;    opioid overdose;    hearing loss;    opioid hearing loss;    opioid overdose hearing loss;    toxic leukencephalopathy;   

DOI  :  10.17161/kjm.vol14.15331

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: The University of Kansas Medical Center

【 摘 要 】

Synthetic opioids are a class of psychoactive drugs that are designedto relieve pain. Synthetic opioids are constructed so that they have abase structure that is akin to naturally derived opiates and have similareffects.1 These include drugs such as fentanyl, methadone, and tramadol among others. Synthetic opioids have significant advantages overnaturally derived opiates including decreased cost, higher potency, andfaster production speed, however they are not without drawbacks.

【 授权许可】

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