title: Urinary retention secondary to mephedrone.
abstract: We discuss a case of a 25-year-old man who presented to the acute medical take with a mixed overdose of mephedrone and paracetamol. Sixteen hours after ingestion, he reported that he was unable to micturate. A bladder scan confirmed that he was in urinary retention and he was catheterised. We discuss the increasingly popular recreational drug mephedrone including its more common side effects.
authors: Acute Medicine, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK. nerys.conway@doctors.org.uk
authors: Nerys
authors: N
authors: Conway
authors: David
authors: D
authors: McGowan
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: White
authors: Suzanne
authors: S
authors: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000506:poisoning; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008694:Methamphetamine; C548233:mephedrone