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Drug-induced long QT syndrome in injection drug users receiving methadone: high frequency in hospitalized patients and risk factors

Published inArchives of internal medicine, vol. 166, no. 12, p. 1280-1287
Publication date2006
Abstract

Drug-induced long QT syndrome is a serious adverse drug reaction. Methadone prolongs the QT interval in vitro in a dose-dependent manner. In the inpatient setting, the frequency of QT interval prolongation with methadone treatment, its dose dependence, and the importance of cofactors such as drug-drug interactions remain unknown.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Long QT Syndrome/chemically induced/epidemiology/physiopathology
  • Male
  • Methadone/adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Narcotics/adverse effects
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous/rehabilitation
Citation (ISO format)
EHRET, Georg Benedikt et al. Drug-induced long QT syndrome in injection drug users receiving methadone: high frequency in hospitalized patients and risk factors. In: Archives of internal medicine, 2006, vol. 166, n° 12, p. 1280–1287. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.12.1280
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