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Myocardial Infarction associated with methadone and/or dihydrocodeine
1General Hospital München Schwabing, Munich, Germany. Markus.Backmund@kms.mhn.de
European Addiction Research
|April 24, 2001
Abstract:
Chest pain and myocardial infarction occurring in young people with angiographically normal coronary arteries is well documented. Opiates have a cardioprotective effect and are used in acute heart attacks. We described a 22-year-old opioid addicted male patient who suffered a myocardial infarction following the consumption of methadone and dihydrocodeine.