dc.contributor.author | Smith, Clarissa | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Velazquez, Salma | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Hoang, Nguyen | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Sharif, Mohamed | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Sethi, Roopa | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2019-01 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Increased awareness of opioid overuse in recent years has brought a new set of problems for both patients and clinicians. A 36-year-old woman with severe opioid use disorder began self-treating withdrawal symptoms with increasing amounts of Loperamide according to self-help information she obtained on YouTube. With dangerous "advice" so readily accessible on the internet, it is difficult to protect individuals from harmful physiologically-driven addiction behaviors. However, there are several possibilities for risk reduction including restricting access to loperamide or increasing accessibility to medication assisted treatment. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references | eng |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Clarissa Smith (1), Salma Velazquez (2), Nguyen Hoang (1), Mohamed Sharif (2), Roopa Sethi (2) ; 1. University of Kansas School of Medicine. 2. University of Kansas Health system. | eng |
dc.format.extent | 3 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.citation | Am J Hosp Med 2019 Jan;3(1):2019.001 https://doi.org/10.24150/ajhm/2019.001 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/82682 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.24150/ajhm/2019.001 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine | eng |
dc.relation.ispartof | American journal of hospital medicine, volume 3, issue 1 (2019 January-March) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Case Report | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.source | Harvested from the American Journal of Hospital Medicine website (https://medicine.missouri.edu/departments/medicine/divisions/hospital-medicine/american-journal-of-hospital-medicine) in 2021. | eng |
dc.subject | Opioid Use Disorder | eng |
dc.subject | Opioid Withdrawal | eng |
dc.subject | Loperamide Abuse | eng |
dc.subject | Buprenorphine | eng |
dc.subject | Medication Assisted Treatment. | eng |
dc.title | Dangerous use of loperamide to counteract withdrawal symptoms from prescription opiates | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |