Methamphetamine poisoning due to body packer swallowing in a prisoner

Abstract

Abstract Individuals who introduce illicit substances such as opioids and amphetamines into the gastrointestinal tract by swallowing or inserting them into the rectum are known as body packers. We describe a prisoner who developed severe poisoning symptoms after swallowing amphetamine packets and was promptly removed by laparotomy.

Keywords

• amphetamine
• body packer
• laparotomy
• poisoning
• prisoner