Acute Kidney Injury in Heroin Users

The article presents a case of severe necrotizing fasciitis and rhabdomyolysis-induced acute tubular necrosis resulting from the injection of heroin laced with a plant-fertilizer known as „Pure by magic”. We also review the literature data regarding the renal adverse effects of heroin. Due to the di...

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Main Authors:	Ileana Adela VACAROIU, Daniela RADULESCU, Anca Ioana STANESCU
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Media Med Publicis 2021-03-01
Series:	Modern Medicine
Subjects:	heroin addiction laced heroin ethnobotanicals acute kidney injury necrotizing fasciitis
Online Access:	https://medicinamoderna.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Acute-Kidney-Injury-in-Heroin-Users-14.pdf

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spelling	doaj-1c7fa7e3f9c54a168d8b0668e1ca10312021-06-02T19:14:14ZengMedia Med PublicisModern Medicine1223-04722360-24732021-03-01281103107https://doi.org/10.31689/rmm.2021.28.1.103Acute Kidney Injury in Heroin UsersIleana Adela VACAROIU0Daniela RADULESCU1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4392-0857Anca Ioana STANESCU2Clinic of Nephrology and Dialysis, „Sf. Ioan”Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, RomaniaClinic of Nephrology and Dialysis, „Sf. Ioan”Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, RomaniaClinic of Nephrology and Dialysis, „Sf. Ioan”Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, RomaniaThe article presents a case of severe necrotizing fasciitis and rhabdomyolysis-induced acute tubular necrosis resulting from the injection of heroin laced with a plant-fertilizer known as „Pure by magic”. We also review the literature data regarding the renal adverse effects of heroin. Due to the diversity of adulterants used by drug dealers for cutting heroin and the variety of substances patients mix the heroin with before injecting themselves, the effects of this practice are often unknown and the treatment lacks of antidote, being strictly symptomatic.https://medicinamoderna.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Acute-Kidney-Injury-in-Heroin-Users-14.pdfheroin addictionlaced heroinethnobotanicalsacute kidney injurynecrotizing fasciitis
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title	Acute Kidney Injury in Heroin Users
title_short	Acute Kidney Injury in Heroin Users
title_full	Acute Kidney Injury in Heroin Users
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publishDate	2021-03-01
description	The article presents a case of severe necrotizing fasciitis and rhabdomyolysis-induced acute tubular necrosis resulting from the injection of heroin laced with a plant-fertilizer known as „Pure by magic”. We also review the literature data regarding the renal adverse effects of heroin. Due to the diversity of adulterants used by drug dealers for cutting heroin and the variety of substances patients mix the heroin with before injecting themselves, the effects of this practice are often unknown and the treatment lacks of antidote, being strictly symptomatic.
topic	heroin addiction laced heroin ethnobotanicals acute kidney injury necrotizing fasciitis
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Acute Kidney Injury in Heroin Users

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