Laboratory investigations were significant for positive urinary drug screen for cocaine, severe rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury. Given the absence of dorsalis pedis pulses in bilateral lower ...

A case of cardiorespiratory arrest in a 28 year old man after cocaine and heroin ingestion is described. The arrest is attributed primarily to hyperkalaemia ...

Simvastatin-induced rhabdomyolysis is uncommon but well documented ... reported to FDA between November 1997 and March 2000. [4] Drugs that may interact with statins to produce rhabdomyolysis ...

Of the immune-mediated, 68% had an autoimmune diagnosis, most commonly juvenile dermatomyositis. Drug-induced rhabdomyolysis represented 7% of cases; drugs of abuse (cocaine, LSD, ecstasy) being the ...

The causal association of rhabdomyolysis with pemetrexed in our patient is suggested by a temporal relation and by the absence of concomitant exposure to any other drugs potentially involved with this ...

An elderly woman with a history of hypertension, hypothyroidism, mesenteric vein thrombosis, depression and hyperlipidaemia on statins for >9 years presented with new-onset leg weakness, falls, ...

Rhabdomyolysis ... overheating and performance-enhancing drugs are all risk factors for exercise-induced rhabdo. Making sure that you’re fuelling yourself correctly before a workout matters.