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Could certain opioids lead to amnesia?

An account published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raises the possibility a new syndrome is emerging. David Goldman / Associated Press

By The Boston Globe

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Dr. Jed A. Barash, a neurologist, was the first to notice something puzzling was going on. Four patients over the course of three years came to Lahey Hospital & Medical Center with mysterious cases of short-term memory loss.

They were all relatively young, and none of them had disorders that can lead to memory loss. But all four shared this: They had used opioids.

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