Open AccessSurvey on alcohol and medicine abuse among adolescents at four schools in Greater Buenos Aires
Author(s) -
Silvia Cabrerizo,
Silvana Varela,
María Inés Lutz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2014.eng.504
Subject(s) - medicine , alcohol , alcohol abuse , adolescent medicine , family medicine , psychology , psychiatry , chemistry , biochemistry
The use of alcohol and prescription drugs acquired without a prescription among adolescents has become an increasing problem at departments of toxicology. The "jarra loca" is a mix of alcoholic beverages and medicines abused by teens. In the past years, in addition to psychotropic drugs, adolescents have also added hypoglycemic drugs to the mix, which may cause neurological sequelae or even death, depending on the dose used and the duration of hypoglycemia.