[Lead poisoning due to drug addiction: a new source of poisoning with clinical interest and important epidemiological consequences].
Lead poisoning has accompanied the human being throughout history. Owing to the increasing levels of safety at work, the incidence of occupational poisoning has decreased and new forms of non-occupational poisoning have emerged. We present 3 cases of drug addicts, with lead poisoning, as a result of using adulterated drugs. One of them was an intravenous drug addict who had abdominal pain and anemia. The other 2 inhaled heroin, one being slightly anemic and the other without symptoms and with normal hemoglobin levels. The drug adulterated with lead had not been previously recognized as a source of lead poisoning, being likely to cause serious epidemiological effects.
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004340:Drug Contamination; D005260:Female; D003932:Heroin; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D003932:Heroin
Saturnismo por drogadicción: nueva fuente de intoxicación con interés clínico e importantes consecuencias epidemiológicas.