Dorairaj, JJ and Healy, CM and McMenamin, M and Eadie, Patricia A (2012) The untold truth about "bath salt" highs: A case series demonstrating local tissue injury. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 65, (2), e37-e41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2011.10.004.
The epidemic of injecting cathinone derivatives, marketed as "bath salts", by intravenous drug users among inner city Dubliners led to an associated rise in soft tissue complications. The spectrum of the cases encountered, ranging from self-limiting cellulitis to extensive abscess formation, at a single institution is described.
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Synthetic cathinones
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Medical substance > Over the counter drug (medicine / medication)
G Health and disease > State of health > Physical health
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Injury
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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