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ArticleJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives2018

Beating the urine drug test - a case report on niacin toxicity.

Beenish Fayyaz, Hafiz J Rehman, Sunita Upreti

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Article in Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beenish FayyazInternal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7837-6580
Hafiz J RehmanInternal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, MD, USA.
Sunita UpretiInternal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, MD, USA.
Greater Baltimore Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Niacin is a form of vitamin B3 which is used for the medical treatment of hyperlipidemia and niacin deficiency. However, within the last few years, it is being advertised on the Internet as a quick way to detoxify the human body in an attempt to evade urine drug tests. This claim is without any medical or scientific evidence and as a result, many cases have been reported where young adults have ended up with niacin toxicity. In this case report, we discuss a rare presentation of niacin toxicity and the effects Internet has had on the healthcare being practised by both the physicians and the patients themselves.

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hypoglycemiainternetmetabolic acidosisNiacintoxicityurine drug test

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PMID29686792
PMCPMC5906759
OpenAlexW2802215938

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