Tag: Cocaine
Fewer Than Half of Drug Overdose Survivors Go to the Hospital
Findings show a potential missed opportunity for substance use treatment or harm reduction tools
ASA: Deaths From Fentanyl + Stimulants Rising in Older Adults
Gap sharply narrowed between older and younger adults from 2015 to 2023
CDC: Drug Overdose Deaths Down More Than 25 Percent in 2024
Declines seen across drug classes and for most states
Urine Drug Test Concentrations Up for Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Cocaine
However, from 2013 to 2023, there was a decrease in heroin concentration
Opioids Can Be Continued in Cancer Patients With Nonmedical Stimulant Use
Regardless of prognosis, panel deemed it appropriate to continue opioids, increase monitoring, and avoid opioid tapering
More Rapid Increase Seen in Rate of OD Deaths Involving Cocaine + Opioids
Age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine and opioids increased more quickly than cocaine alone from 2011 to 2021
2016 to 2021 Saw Increase in Drug Overdose Rates Involving Fentanyl
Increase seen in age-adjusted drug overdose death rates involving methamphetamine, cocaine; decrease reported in death rates involving oxycodone
Cocaine-Induced Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis Described
20 of 23 urine samples provided were positive for cocaine use, including nine patients who denied ever using cocaine
Risk for COVID-19-Linked Endocarditis Up in Patients With Opioid, Cocaine Use Disorders
180-day hospitalization risk significantly increased following endocarditis for those with opioid use disorder, cocaine use disorder
Racial Disparities Seen in Rates for Opioid Overdose Deaths
From 2007 to 2019, opioid-stimulant deaths among Black people increased at more than three times the rate of White people
