Acute myoglobinuria and heroin snorting
D'Agostino, R.S.; Arnett, E.N.
JAMA 241(3): 277
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-7484 PMID: 758533 Document Number: 148109
Acute rhabdomyolysis with myoglobinuria has been associated with hereditary enzyme deficiencies, severe exertion, metabolic derangements, trauma, and toxins, most notably alcohol. In recent years, i.v. heroin injection has been reported increasingly as a cause of acute rhabdomyolysis. This report details a case of myoglobinuria associated with inhalation of a heroin mixture as snuff.