Outbreak of exogenous Cushing's syndrome due to unlicensed medications

Summary Objective Despite the widespread medical use of glucocorticoids, reports of factitious administration of these hormones have been uncommon. We herein report an outbreak of Cushing's syndrome in Tehran among the addicts using Tamgesic (a brand of Buprenorphine) to help them through the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical endocrinology (Oxford) 2008-12, Vol.69 (6), p.921-925
Hauptverfasser:	Azizi, Fereidoun, Jahed, Adel, Hedayati, Mehdi, Lankarani, Mahnaz, Bejestani, Hadi Shahrad, Esfahanian, Fatemeh, Beyraghi, Nargues, Noroozi, Alireza, Kobarfard, Farzad
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenals. Adrenal axis. Renin-angiotensin system (diseases) Adult Biological and medical sciences Buprenorphine - administration & dosage Buprenorphine - adverse effects Cushing Syndrome - chemically induced Dexamethasone - adverse effects Dexamethasone - blood Drug Contamination Endocrinopathies Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Hydrocortisone - blood Iatrogenic Disease Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms Opioid-Related Disorders - drug therapy Opium Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - drug therapy Vertebrates: endocrinology
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