SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS OF INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE: NORTH EAST INDIA EXPERIENCE
- Post graduate Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Agartala Govt. Medical College.Tripura.
- Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Agartala Govt. Medical College, Tripura.
- Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Agartala Govt. Medical College, Tripura.
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Introduction: The intravenous administration of narcotics and other drugs may frequently result in serious and often life-threatening systemic complications. Drug contaminants and non sterile injection techniques with resultant infection are responsible for many of these complications.
Objectives: To determine the spectrum and frequency of systemic complications associated with IV Drug use and clinical outcomes evaluation.
Methods: A descriptive study was carried over a period of 4 months among indoor patients admitted in department of medicine of a tertiary care hospital of Tripura. The study was conducted on 10 consecutive patients of IV drug abuse.(IDU/PWID ).Detailed clinical history and physical examinations were performed .Standard investigations including Complete blood count ,LFT,KFT,HbsAg,Anti HCV,HIV ELISA,Purified protein derivative,Rapid plasma reagin, Chest xray, ECG and depending on symptoms HRCT,Blood cultures,Cardiac biomarkers,sputum analysis,Echocardiogram, Doppler ultrasound,CT or MR angiography, venography were performed.
[Arkanil Das, Pradip Bhaumik and Parimal Sarkar (2025); SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS OF INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE: NORTH EAST INDIA EXPERIENCE Int. J. of Adv. Res. (Dec). 864-867] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
