Guillan-Barre syndrome in heroin addiction
W. R. SMith and A. F. Wilson
In two cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute polyneuritis) as a
complication of narcotic abuse, the onset of paralysis began approximately
4 and 12 hours after self-administration of opiates intravenously. Bulbar
and respiratory paralysis developed in one patient and required prolonged
ventilation therapy; the other patient had peripheral muscular and
unilateral facial weakness, with notable pleocytosis was present in both.
