Crack Cocaine Liver Failure
Cocaine
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Crack And Cocaine
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Cocaine
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Cocaine & Renal Failure
How Does Cocaine Abuse Cause Renal Failure? David Shure does not prove causality. * * 2 major forms available: cocaine HCL and alkaloid (crack/free is low in range of 27ml/min and vol distribution for cocaine is high ~2-3 L/kg body wt. Plasma and liver … View This Document
CHAPTER 7 PSYCHOMOTOR STIMULANTS
One line of cocaine = 25 mg This salt is injectable, but decomposes with heat Freebase (crack cocaine Half-life ≈ 12 hours (intense, persistent drug action) 60% slowly metabolized in the liver Fatalities occur in cases of high cardiac toxicity, resulting in pulmonary edema or heart failure … Fetch This Document
Crack And Cocaine
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STIMULANTS: Amphetamines, Cocaine (p.1)
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Cocaine Cocaine
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080201 Cardiovascular Complications Of Cocaine Use
Crack cocaine is considered to be the most potent and addictive form of the drug. 4 to 17 percent of patients hospitalized with cocaine-related myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure … Doc Viewer
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Methamphetamine And Cocaine
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Alcohol And Cocaine
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