1.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond)
; 82(4): 1-3, 2021 Apr 02.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33914623
2.
BMJ Case Rep
; 20172017 Apr 28.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28455458
RESUMO
We present an unusual cause of respiratory arrest resulting from sole ingestion of home-brewed opium tea. A 64-year-old woman was found unresponsive and in respiratory arrest by a first responder. There were no obvious signs of regular recreational drug use. On presentation to the local district general hospital, the patient was in extremis, with severe physiological and biochemical derangements. A naloxone infusion was commenced and she later made a good recovery. It was subsequently discovered that she had brewed opium tea from opium buds she had picked from a nearby commercial poppy farm, a practice she had learnt while in Afghanistan.