Methamphetamine poisoning due to body packer swallowing in a prisoner.

Ramin RouhaniZakaria ZakariaeiAbdollah MalakianElham Sadat BanimostafaviMostafa Soleymani

Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)

Individuals who introduce illicit substances such as opioids and amphetamines into the gastrointestinal tract by swallowing or inserting them into the rectum are known as body packers. We describe a prisoner who developed severe poisoning symptoms after swallowing amphetamine packets and was promptly removed by laparotomy.

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