TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - COCAINE AND OTHER COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS A1 - Mello, Nancy K. A1 - Mendelson, Jack H. A2 - Hauser, Stephen L. A2 - Josephson, S. Andrew PY - 2018 T2 - Harrison's Neurology in Clinical Medicine, 4e AB - The abuse of cocaine and other psychostimulants reflects a complex interaction between the pharmacology of the drug, the personality and expectations of the user, and the environmental context in which the drug is used1. Polydrug abuse involving the concurrent use of several drugs with different pharmacologic effects is increasingly common. Sometimes one drug is used to enhance the effects of another, as with the combined use of cocaine and nicotine, benzodiazepines and methadone, or cocaine and heroin in methadone-maintained patients. Some forms of polydrug abuse, such as the combined use of IV heroin and cocaine, are especially dangerous and account for many hospital emergency room visits. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147191992 ER -