Letter: Unusual cardiac and neurological reactions to narcotics

Fatal dependence on kaolin and morphine mixture

A patient is described who had a long history of abuse of kaolin and morphine mixture which ultimately proved fatal.

Polyradiculoneuropathy associated with heroin abuse

Neurological complications of heroin addiction have occurred only sporadically in the United Kingdom. We report the case of a young female patient who developed an acute polyradiculoneuropathy when she recommended intravenous heroin after four years abstinence. Another possible aetiological factor was a preceding flu-like illness but, after full investigations, we concluded that heroin abuse was the most likely cause of the neurological symptoms.