Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Acute kidney injury due to methamphetamine use

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez - 3 May 2020
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Methamphetamine use can cause hepatotoxicity, rhabdomyolysis, cardiotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and neurotoxicity separately or sometimes combined as multi-systemic toxicity (Gurel, 2016). Nephrotoxicity usually presents as acute kidney injury, hyponatremia, and hypertension (Campbell, 2008).

 

References

Campbell, G. & Rosner, M. (2008). The agony of ecstasy: MDMA and kidney. Clin. J Am Soc Nephrol, 3, 1852 – 1860.

 

Gurel, A. (2016). Multisystem toxicity after methamphetamine use, Case Report. Clinical Case Reports, 4 (3), 226 – 227.

 

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