Open AccessGeneral Anesthesia in a Patient on Long-Term Amphetamine Therapy: Is There Cause for Concern?
Author(s) -
Stephen P. Fischer,
James M. Healzer,
Michael W. Brook,
John G. BrockUtne
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1097/00000539-200009000-00050
Subject(s) - medicine , narcolepsy , amphetamine , anesthesia , complication , dextroamphetamine , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , surgery , modafinil , dopamine
Amphetamines are powerful, sympathomimetic amines that, when used chronically, can profoundly effect a patient's cardiovascular stability during anesthesia and surgery. Amphetamines are the third most widely abused class of drugs in the United States. They also have legitimate medical use for attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, exogenous obesity, and narcolepsy. We report a case of a patient with a 40-yr history of chronic amphetamine use having undergone two general anesthesias without complication.