Complications of Cocaine Abuse

Letters and Corrections1 December 1987Complications of Cocaine AbuseJORDI ALTÉS-CAPELLÀ, M.D., JOSÉ M. CABEZUDO-ARTERO, M.D., JORDI FORTEZA-REI, M.D.JORDI ALTÉS-CAPELLÀ, M.D., JOSÉ M. CABEZUDO-ARTERO, M.D., JORDI FORTEZA-REI, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-107-6-940 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: The use of cocaine has reached epidemic proportions in several areas in America. In Europe, the number of users is steadily growing, as is the occurrence of organic damage associated with cocaine abuse. The number of cocaine-related deaths has increased in such a way that the image of cocaine as a safe "recreational" drug may no longer be tenable (1). Up to 1986, five cases of cerebrovascular accidents temporally related to cocaine abuse had been reported (2). In four cases, subarachnoid hemorrhage occurred after rupture of aneurysms or arteriovenous malformations within minutes of intranasal administration of cocaine....References1. Images of cocaine. Lancet. 1983;2:1231-2. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. CREGLERMARK LH. Medical complications of cocaine abuse. N Engl J Med. 1986;315:1495-1500. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. TUCHMANDARASZALZALMARGIARDI AMPJ. Intracranial hemorrhage after cocaine abuse. JAMA. 1987;257:1175. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. LICHTENFIELDRUBINFELDMAN PDR. Subarachnoid hemorrhage precipitated by cocaine snorting. Arch Neurol. 1984;41:223-4. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar1. SMITHLIBERMANBRODYBATTEYDONOHUEMORRIS HHSLBD. Acute myocardial infarction temporally related to cocaine use: clinical, angiographic, and pathophysiologic observations. Ann Intern Med. 1987;107:13-8. LinkGoogle Scholar2. CARSONOLDROYDPHADKE PKK. Myocardial infarction due to amphetamine. Br Med J. 1987;294:1525-6. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. CALLHARTNECKDICKINSONHARTMANBARTEL TJWCA. Acute cardiomyopathy secondary to intravenous amphetamine abuse. Ann Intern Med. 1982;97:559-60. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Hospital Son Dureta Palma de Mallorca Spain PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByStroke and Substance AbuseStroke and Substance AbuseStroke and Substance AbuseInfluence of cocaine on ruptured intracranial aneurysms: a case control study of poor prognostic indicatorsCocaïneConsumo de cocaína como desencadenante de hemorragia en un oligoastrocitomaStroke and Substance AbuseCocaineCortical metabolite alterations in abstinent cocaine and cocaine/alcohol-dependent subjects: proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imagingNeurochemical adaptation to cocaine abuse: reduction of N-acetyl aspartate in thalamus of human cocaine abusersThe neurovascular complications of cocaineAcute cocaine results in rapid rises in intracellular free calcium concentration in canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells: possible relation to etiology of strokeDrugsCocaine-Induced Aneurysmal RuptureLong-Term frontal brain metabolic changes in cocaine abusersCocaine-induced Intratumoral HemorrhageCocaine-induced Intratumoral HemorrhageCocaine: The Newest Risk Factor for Cardiovascular DiseaseAcute cocaine administation: effects on local cerebral blood flow and metabolic demand in the ratCerebrovascular Complications of the Use of the Crack Form of Alkaloidal CocaineAcute myocardial infarction caused by intravenous amphetamine abuse.Multiple intracerebral hemorrhages after smoking "crack" cocaine.Acute cocaine abuse associated with cerebral infarction 1 December 1987Volume 107, Issue 6Page: 940-941KeywordsAneurysmsArteriovenous malformationCocaineDrugsStrokeSubarachnoid hemorrhage Issue Published: 1 December 1987 PDF DownloadLoading ...