TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiotoxicity associated with the synthetic cannabinoid, K9, with laboratory confirmation
AU - Young, Amy C.
AU - Schwarz, Evan
AU - Medina, Genevieve
AU - Obafemi, Adebisi
AU - Feng, Sing Yi
AU - Kane, Colin
AU - Kleinschmidt, Kurt
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Synthetic cannabinoids have been popular recreational drugs of abuse for their psychoactive properties. Five of the many synthetic cannabinoids have been recently banned in the United States because of their unknown and potentially harmful adverse effects. Little is known about these substances. They are thought to have natural cannabinoid-like effects but have different chemical structures. Adverse effects related to synthetic cannabinoids are not well known. We provide clinical effects and patient outcome following K9 use. In addition, we briefly review synthetic cannabinoids. We present a 17-year-old adolescent boy with chest pain, tachycardia, and then bradycardia associated with smoking K9. Two synthetic cannabinoids, JWH-018 and JWH-073, were confirmed on laboratory analysis. In addition to the limited current data, we demonstrate harmful adverse effects related to toxicity of 2 synthetic cannabinoids. Further studies are needed.
AB - Synthetic cannabinoids have been popular recreational drugs of abuse for their psychoactive properties. Five of the many synthetic cannabinoids have been recently banned in the United States because of their unknown and potentially harmful adverse effects. Little is known about these substances. They are thought to have natural cannabinoid-like effects but have different chemical structures. Adverse effects related to synthetic cannabinoids are not well known. We provide clinical effects and patient outcome following K9 use. In addition, we briefly review synthetic cannabinoids. We present a 17-year-old adolescent boy with chest pain, tachycardia, and then bradycardia associated with smoking K9. Two synthetic cannabinoids, JWH-018 and JWH-073, were confirmed on laboratory analysis. In addition to the limited current data, we demonstrate harmful adverse effects related to toxicity of 2 synthetic cannabinoids. Further studies are needed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.05.013
DO - 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.05.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 21802885
AN - SCOPUS:84865459635
SN - 0735-6757
VL - 30
SP - 1320.e5-1320.e7
JO - American Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - American Journal of Emergency Medicine
IS - 7
ER -