Report of ventricular fibrillation in a 44-year-old man using kratom.

Maaz SheikhNavid AhmedHimali GandhiOn Chen

Published in: BMJ case reports (2021)

Kratom is an unregulated kappa-opioid receptor agonist available for order on the internet that is used as a remedy for chronic pain. We present a case of a middle-aged man who suffered a cardiac arrest in the setting of kratom ingestion.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
cardiac arrest
middle aged
pain management
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
nuclear factor
heart failure
left ventricular
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