In a 2019 case report describing the possibility of tolerance and dependence in chronic dextromethorphan hydrobromide abuse, what was the measured variable?
Serum chloride concentration
Olives TD, Boley SP, LeRoy JM, Stellpflug SJ. Ten Years of Robotripping: Evidence of Tolerance to Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide in a Long-Term User. Journal of Medical Toxicology : Official Journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology. 2019 Jul;15(3):192-197. DOI: 10.1007/s13181-019-00706-1. PMID: 30903576; PMCID: PMC6597748.
Contributed by Meryam Jan, MD, PGY5 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, UF Health Jacksonville on behalf of the Florida Poison Information Center Network
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