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Fatal intravenous drug abuse secondary to streptomycin overdose |
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| Authors: | F Rance B Randall |
| Abstract: | A fatal case of chronic intravenous drug abuse involving the injection of a nonpsychoactive veterinary combination of penicillin G and streptomycin is reported. The circumstances surrounding the death indicate that the decedent died as a result of streptomycin induced paralytic neuromuscular blockade. |
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