RT Book, Section
A1 Mello, Nancy K.
A1 Mendelson, Jack H.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Josephson, S. Andrew
SR Print(0)
ID 1147191992
T1 COCAINE AND OTHER COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS
T2 Harrison's Neurology in Clinical Medicine, 4e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835865
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147191992
RD 2024/04/20
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.