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Case Reports
. 1994 May;17(5):550-2.
doi: 10.1002/mus.880170513.

Focal myopathy induced by chronic intramuscular heroin injection

E D Louis  1 , R A Bodner, Y B Challenor, J C Brust
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Case Reports

Focal myopathy induced by chronic intramuscular heroin injection

E D Louis et al. Muscle Nerve. 1994 May.

Abstract

A patient developed focal fibrotic myopathy after many years of intramuscular heroin use. While such changes have been associated with chronic intramuscular injections of pentazocine and meperidine, a similar myopathy resulting from chronic intramuscular heroin has not been convincingly described.

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