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Document Details : Title: A warning about agranulocytosis with the use of cocaine adulterated with levamisole Author(s): PERKISAS S, VRELUST I, MARTIN M, GADISSEUR A, SCHROYENS W Journal: Acta Clinica Belgica Volume: 66 Issue: 3 Date: 2011 Pages: 226-227 DOI: 10.2143/ACB.66.3.1002950 Abstract : Since 2004, the US Food And Drug Administration and the European Medicine Agency are giving warnings about cocaine adulterated with levamisole. Levamisole is primarily used as an anti-helminthic. One of the sideeffects of levamisole is a decreased bone marrow function. Herein we describe the first case of agranulocytosis and neutropenic fever due to cocaine adulterated with levamisole reported in Europe. |
