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Complications of intranasal prescription narcotic abuse
(Complications liées à l'abus de médicaments par voie intranasale.)
Auteur(s) :
YEWELL J. ;
ARCHER, S. ;
HAYDON, R. ;
MANALIGOD J. M.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
174-177
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
11
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances
Thésaurus mots-clés
MEDICAMENTS
;
MESUSAGE
;
VOIE NASALE
;
ETUDE DE CAS
;
PATHOLOGIE ORGANIQUE
;
NEZ
Note générale :
Annals of Otology Rhinology and Laryngology, 2002, 111, 174-177
Note de contenu :
fig. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The abuse of drugs via an intranasal route is an increasingly prevalent pattern of behavior. In the past year, a number of patients received care at our institution for complications resulting from the previously unreported phenomenon of intranasal prescription narcotic abuse. This report describes the clinical manifestations of this form of drug abuse in 5 patients. Their symptoms consisted of nasal and/or facial pain, nasal obstruction, and chronic foul-smelling drainage. Common physical findings were nasal septal perforation: erosion of the lateral nasal walls, nasopharynx, and soft palate: and mucopurulent exudate on affected nasal surfaces. In addition. 2 of the 5 patients had invasive fungal rhinosinusitis, which appears to be a complication unique to intranasal narcotic abuse. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dept Otolaryngol., Head and Neck Surgery, Univ. Iowa Hosp. Clin., 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.