Cocaine abuse in adults
Adulterated cocaine causing serious skin reactions
Doctors warned of a potential public health epidemic in a recent report on patients in Los Angeles and New York who developed serious skin…
Cocaine abuse in adults
Cocaine is a tropane ester alkaloid found in leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant, a bush that grows in the Andes Mountain region of…
Summary and Recommendations - Cocaine abuse in adults
Cocaine use is most prevalent in North and South America, and increasingly in Western Europe, especially among urban men aged 15 to 35 years.…
Treatment - Cocaine abuse in adults
Acute intoxication — Treatment of acute intoxication is presented separately.
Withdrawal — Cocaine withdrawal is treated by allowing the patient…
Screening and diagnosis - Cocaine abuse in adults
Screening — There are no broadly validated brief screening tests for cocaine abuse. Best studied are two tests modified from those used to…
Effects on specific organ systems - Cocaine abuse in adults
Central nervous system — Cocaine euphoria is associated with transient increases in EEG activity followed by longer-lasting increases in activity. Seizures may occur…
Clinical Effects of Cocaine in adults
Acute intoxication — Typical cocaine doses are 12 to 15 g orally (coca leaf), 20 to 100 mg intranasally, 10 to 50 mg…
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