Medical consequences of cocaine

Can Fam Physician. 1993 Sep:39:1975-6, 1979-81.

Abstract

Cocaine use among middle-class North Americans increased dramatically during the 1980s. Medical complications involve almost every organ system and are produced by intense vasoconstriction. Managing cocaine-induced disease requires careful identification and the use of alpha-adrenergic blocking agents, in addition to standard therapy and referral to specialists to manage cocaine withdrawal.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Cocaine / adverse effects*
  • Cocaine / metabolism
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • North America / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Social Problems
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / prevention & control*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / complications*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / metabolism
  • Substance-Related Disorders / therapy

Substances

  • Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
  • Cocaine