Tag: Cocaine
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
Cocaine Use, HIV Affect Coronary Plaque Morphology
Cocaine use significantly linked to 23.7 percent of radiomic features identified in plaque; HIV infection linked to 1.3 percent
Reducing Drinking May Improve Pain Interference Symptoms
CDC: 2013 to 2018 Saw Jump in Drug OD Deaths Involving Cocaine
