ALLMedicine™ Cocaine Toxicity Center

Dec 10th, 2021 - Cocaine use presents a worldwide public health problem with high socioeconomic cost. No current pharmacologic treatments are available for cocaine use disorder (CUD) or cocaine toxicity. To explore pharmaceutical treatments for tthis disorder and ...

Feb 4th, 2021 - Epistaxis is defined as acute hemorrhage from the nostril, nasal cavity, or nasopharynx. It is a frequent emergency department (ED) complaint and often causes significant anxiety in patients and clinicians. However, the vast majority of patients w...

Dec 31st, 2020 - Medication Summary The general objectives of pharmacotherapeutic intervention in cocaine toxicity are to reduce the central nervous system and cardiovascular effects of the drug by using benzodiazepines initially and then to control clinically sig...

Dec 31st, 2020 - Practice Essentials Despite being overshadowed by opioids in recent years, cocaine remains one of the most common causes of drug-related emergency department (ED) visits in the United States. [1] Although nearly every organ system can be affected ...

Dec 31st, 2020 - Practice Essentials Despite being overshadowed by opioids in recent years, cocaine remains one of the most common causes of drug-related emergency department (ED) visits in the United States. [1] Although nearly every organ system can be affected ...

Feb 12th, 2015 - A landmark study is out: PROPPR. It's a randomized trial in JAMA investigating outcomes between 1:1:1 versus 1:1:2 plasma:platelet:pRBC transfusion ratios, and #FOAMed is all atwitter about it. Check out HippoEM's discussion, REBEL EM's (quite lit...

Patients who present with cocaine-associated chest pain or myocardial infarction should be treated similarly to patients with traditional acute coronary syndromes, with some exceptions, according to Dr. Jim McCord and his associates on the America.