ST elevation myocardial infarction after use of pseudoephedrine by a healthy 15-yr-old boy to treat a cold

[Emily]

There is quite a bit of information in the "look inside" that anyone using this product might want to read. The boy had been taking 60mg twice a day for 3 days to treat his cold, and they found his serum level was a twice the high end of where it should have been to avoid toxicity at his age. He lived but really had a serious medical event.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00059-013-3952-6

September 2013
ST elevation myocardial infarction after use of pseudoephedrine

S. Fidan M.D.,
S. Izci,
M. Tellice,
E. Alizade,
G. A?ar