Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Gurveen Malhotra

Publications

• Case Report
  Methadone-A Replacement for Deadly Heroin, Can Kill you too!!
  Author(s): Gurveen Malhotra and Sivashankar SivaramanGurveen Malhotra and Sivashankar Sivaraman
  
  Methadone is widely used as a replacement for heroin addiction and an inexpensive treatment for chronic pain. We report the case of a 51 year old male on high dose methadone treatment for heroin addiction who presented with prolonged QT interval on electrocardiogram and later had a cardiac arrest with Torsades de Pointes (TdP), a rare complication .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000551

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