• Acta Clin Belg · May 2011

    Case Reports

    A warning about agranulocytosis with the use of cocaine adulterated with levamisole.

    • S Perkisas, I Vrelust, M Martin, A Gadisseur, and W Schroyens.
    • Department of Haematology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium. stany.perkisas@uza.be
    • Acta Clin Belg. 2011 May 1;66(3):226-7.

    AbstractSince 2004, the US Food And Drug Administration and the European Medicine Agency are giving warnings about cocaine adulterated with levamisole. Levamisole is primarily used as an anti-helminthic. One of the side-effects of levamisole is a decreased bone marrow function. Herein we describe the first case of agranulocytosis and neutropenic fever due to cocaine adulterated with levamisole reported in Europe.

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