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Cardiac Glycoside Toxicity Resulting from Cough Linctus Abuse

Departments of Cardiology, Charing Cross Hospital and Westminster Medical School, London, W6 8RF

S.E. Pugh

Department of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital and Westminster Medical School, London, W6 8RF

D.W. Holt

Department of Poisons Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, UK

Proprietry cough medicines are often abused by drug addicts as they are freely available and, in many instances, contain narcotic substances. A variety of other compounds are present in these products, including compounds structurally related to the commonly prescribed cardiac glycosides. We report a case in which severe cardiac glycoside toxicity resulted from the abuse of such a preparation.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 6, No. 3, 251-252 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718700600315


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