An Outbreak of Synthetic Cannabinoid-Associated Coagulopathy in Illinois.
Amar H KelkarNichole A SmithAnnia MartialHarsha MooleMichael D TarantinoJonathan C RobertsPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2018)
Our data indicate that superwarfarin adulterants of synthetic cannabinoids can lead to clinically significant coagulopathy. In our series, in most of the cases in which the patient presented with bleeding diathesis, symptoms were controlled with the use of vitamin K1 replacement therapy. The specific synthetic cannabinoid compounds are not known.