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DALLAS -- Two patients were hospitalized with acute kidney injury (AKI) after using synthetic marijuana, according to case reports presented here, and the agent doesn't always show up on drug screening.
Synthetic cannabinoids, also known as Spice, K2, DOA, and Spice Gold, among other names, are a mix of natural herbs that have been sprayed with chemicals that can mimic the psychoactive effects of natural marijuana from tetrahydrocannabinol, explained Manuel Fernandez Palmer, MD, of the Methodist Dallas Medical Center, and colleagues in a poster presentation at the National Kidney Foundation spring clinical meeting.
But they have common side effects like vomiting, agitation, hallucinations, and even seizures, they added.
Fernandez Palmer and colleagues reported on a 19-year-old Mexican-American man who was brought to the medical center after being found unconscious in a parking lot. A urine toxicology report came back negative, and much of the initial exam as unremarkable, the authors said.
The initial lab results revealed that the patient had a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) of 12 mg/dL, a creatinine level of 1.35 mg/dL, and "a high anion gap metabolic acidosis with elevated lactic acid levels," they wrote.
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DALLAS -- Two patients were hospitalized with acute kidney injury (AKI) after using synthetic marijuana, according to case reports presented here, and the agent doesn't always show up on drug screening.
Synthetic cannabinoids, also known as Spice, K2, DOA, and Spice Gold, among other names, are a mix of natural herbs that have been sprayed with chemicals that can mimic the psychoactive effects of natural marijuana from tetrahydrocannabinol, explained Manuel Fernandez Palmer, MD, of the Methodist Dallas Medical Center, and colleagues in a poster presentation at the National Kidney Foundation spring clinical meeting.
But they have common side effects like vomiting, agitation, hallucinations, and even seizures, they added.
Fernandez Palmer and colleagues reported on a 19-year-old Mexican-American man who was brought to the medical center after being found unconscious in a parking lot. A urine toxicology report came back negative, and much of the initial exam as unremarkable, the authors said.
The initial lab results revealed that the patient had a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) of 12 mg/dL, a creatinine level of 1.35 mg/dL, and "a high anion gap metabolic acidosis with elevated lactic acid levels," they wrote.
Read More:
http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/NKF/50725
