Erythromycin induced Torsade de Pointes in a Methadone maintenance patient:case report

Objective: This case report highlights the risk of Torsade de Pointes (TdP), a life threatening cardiac arrhythmia in a heroin dependent patient receiving methadone substitution therapy who was prescribed erythromycin for upper respiratory tract infection. Method: We report a case of a 35-year-old M...

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Main Authors: Robson, N.Z., Habil, M.H.
Format: Article
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/oe11106.htm
http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/oe11106.htm
http://eprints.um.edu.my/2713/1/ERYTHROMYCIN_INDUCED%2DASEAN_Journal_of_Psychiatry%2DVol_11_(1)%2DJan_June_2010.pdf
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