The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity
Drug use and abuse continue to be a large public health concern worldwide. Over the past decade, novel or atypical drugs have emerged and become increasingly popular. In the recent past, compounds similar to tetrahydrocannabinoid (THC), the active ingredient of marijuana, have been synthetically pro...
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| author | Jose Orsini Christa Blaak Eric Tam Salil Rajayer Joaquin Morante Angela Yeh Ashvin Butala |
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| description | Drug use and abuse continue to be a large public health concern worldwide. Over the past decade, novel or atypical drugs have emerged and become increasingly popular. In the recent past, compounds similar to tetrahydrocannabinoid (THC), the active ingredient of marijuana, have been synthetically produced and offered commercially as legal substances. Since the initial communications of their abuse in 2008, few case reports have been published illustrating the misuse of these substances with signs and symptoms of intoxication. Even though synthetic cannabinoids have been restricted, they are still readily available across USA and their use has been dramatically increasing, with a concomitant increment in reports to poison control centers and emergency department (ED) visits. We describe a case of acute hypoxemic/hypercapnic respiratory failure as a consequence of acute congestive heart failure (CHF) developed from myocardial stunning resulting from a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) following the consumption of synthetic cannabinoids. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fc61ecc49b9f40b68313ccb736684f842025-02-03T01:30:13ZengWileyCase Reports in Critical Care2090-64202090-64392015-01-01201510.1155/2015/542490542490The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids ToxicityJose Orsini0Christa Blaak1Eric Tam2Salil Rajayer3Joaquin Morante4Angela Yeh5Ashvin Butala6Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USADepartment of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USADepartment of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USADepartment of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USADepartment of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USADepartment of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USADepartment of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USADrug use and abuse continue to be a large public health concern worldwide. Over the past decade, novel or atypical drugs have emerged and become increasingly popular. In the recent past, compounds similar to tetrahydrocannabinoid (THC), the active ingredient of marijuana, have been synthetically produced and offered commercially as legal substances. Since the initial communications of their abuse in 2008, few case reports have been published illustrating the misuse of these substances with signs and symptoms of intoxication. Even though synthetic cannabinoids have been restricted, they are still readily available across USA and their use has been dramatically increasing, with a concomitant increment in reports to poison control centers and emergency department (ED) visits. We describe a case of acute hypoxemic/hypercapnic respiratory failure as a consequence of acute congestive heart failure (CHF) developed from myocardial stunning resulting from a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) following the consumption of synthetic cannabinoids.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/542490 |
| spellingShingle | Jose Orsini Christa Blaak Eric Tam Salil Rajayer Joaquin Morante Angela Yeh Ashvin Butala The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity Case Reports in Critical Care |
| title | The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity |
| title_full | The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity |
| title_fullStr | The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity |
| title_short | The Wide and Unpredictable Scope of Synthetic Cannabinoids Toxicity |
| title_sort | wide and unpredictable scope of synthetic cannabinoids toxicity |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/542490 |
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