Citation

Murray BL, Murphy CM, Beuhler MC. J. Med. Toxicol. 2012; 8(1): 69-75.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, PO Box 32861, MEB 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC, 28232, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s13181-011-0196-9

PMID

22271565

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) is a designer stimulant drug that has gained popularity in the USA. Although adverse effects of MDPV have been described, to our knowledge, this is the first reported death. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 40-year-old male who injected and snorted "bath salts" containing MDPV and subsequently became agitated, aggressive, and experienced a cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated after his initial arrest; however, he developed hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, coagulopathy, acidosis, anoxic brain injury, and subsequently died. DISCUSSION: This is the first case in the medical literature to report death due to isolated confirmed MDPV intoxication. The manner of death is also consistent with excited delirium syndrome.

Language: en