• Connecticut medicine · Feb 2007

    Case Reports

    Clenbuterol toxicity: an emerging epidemic. A case report and review.

    • Pareena Bilkoo, Joseph Thomas, Cara D Riddle, and Gladys Kagaoan.
    • University of Connecticut, Hoffman Heart Institute, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, USA.
    • Conn Med. 2007 Feb 1; 71 (2): 89-91.

    AbstractA 55-year-old Hispanic male found unresponsive at home was brought to our emergency department. The patient was found to have rapid atrial fibrillation and acute inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction on electrocardiogram. Cardiac catheterization failed to reveal any significant stenotic lesions in the coronary arteries. Initial laboratory studies revealed leukocytosis, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia, an anion-gap metabolic acidosis, as well as an osmolal-gap. Initial toxicology screen was negative. The patient was admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. After 24 hours of appropriate medical management the clinical picture had improved. Further blood analysis revealed the presence of clenbuterol. Clenbuterol is a long-acting B-2 agonist used in veterinary medicine. Several patients in the Northeast have recently presented with a similar constellation of symptoms attributed to use of heroin adulterated with clenbuterol.

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