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Unsuspected Clenbuterol Toxicity in a Patient Using Intramuscular Testosterone

Griswold, Matthew K.
Blohm, Eike
Cross, Roderick
Boyer, Edward W.
Carey, Jennifer L.
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Clenbuterol is a beta-agonist that has been abused by fitness-oriented individuals for muscle growth and weight loss. We report a case of a 46-year-old man who presented tachycardic, hypokalemic, and hyperglycemic after injecting testosterone obtained from Brazil. He developed refractory hypotension and was started on an esmolol infusion for suspected beta-agonist toxicity. Laboratory analysis showed a detectable clenbuterol serum concentration. Analysis of an unopened ampule contained boldenone undecylenate, clenbuterol, and vitamin E. This case illustrates a novel exposure that caused beta-agonist toxicity and was treated successfully with rapid-onset beta blocker.

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Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2017 May 23;1(3):197-200. doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2017.2.33318. eCollection 2017 Aug. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.5811/cpcem.2017.2.33318
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Copyright: © 2017 Griswold et al. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/.