title: [Guillain-Barre syndrome as a result of poisoning with a mixture of "kompot"(Polish heroin) and drugs].
abstract: Guillain-Barré Syndrome is the most common form of polineuropathy. It is suggested that some infectious, immune and allergic factors are involved in developing the syndrome. "Kompot" or "Polish heroine", a domestic product, is produced from poppy straw or juice of poppy head (Papaver somniferum) and it is administered intravenously. "Kompot" shows variable contents of heroine, 6-MAM, 3-MAM, morphine, acetylo-codeine and codeine as well as papaverine, thebaine and narcotine. The case history of a young man dependent on "Polish heroine" who developed the Guillain-Barré Syndrome due to severe intoxication induced by home made heroine, barbiturates and benzodiazepines is described.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Toksykologii KMPiChS Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gawlikowski
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Winnik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000506:poisoning; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000506:poisoning; D003061:Codeine / Q000506:poisoning; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003932:Heroin / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000506:poisoning; D009022:Morphine Derivatives / Q000506:poisoning; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D001463:Barbiturates; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D009022:Morphine Derivatives; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D003932:Heroin; D009020:Morphine; C026979:6-O-monoacetylmorphine; D003061:Codeine