Pulmonary emphysema induced by methylphenidate: experimental study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Methylphenidate is the most widely used drug for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. However, it has important side effects, such as abdominal pain, insomnia, anorexia and loss of appetite, and also some cases of early severe emphysema after drug abuse have been...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Victor Guimarães Rapello, Andréia Antoniolli, Daniel Martins Pereira, Gilberto Facco, Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes, Rogério Pazetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802015000200131&lng=en&tlng=en