title: Ephedrine abuse causing acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: "On the street", the more expensive illegal psychostimulants, such as cocaine or amphetamine, may be mixed with or substituted for cheaper drugs such as ephedrine-with added risk to the user. We report diffuse myocardial injury in a 25-year-old man who presented with pulmonary oedema after intravenously injecting himself with ephedrine, believing it to be amphetamine.
authors.affiliation: Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA. J.Cockings@mailbox.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cockings
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004809:Ephedrine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D004809:Ephedrine