Sensorimotor Gating in Cocaine-Related Disorder with Comorbid Schizophrenia or Antisocial Personality Disorder [PDF]
Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2019 Objective: Schizophrenia, cocaine-related disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and psychopathy share biological bases, but few studies discriminate between these disorders by means of prepulse inhibition. This work studies the phenotype of patients with cocaine-related disorders who are vulnerable to presenting a dual diagnosis of schizophrenia ...
Alejandro Fuertes-Saiz +6 more
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Sex-Specific Brain Deficits in Auditory Processing in an Animal Model of Cocaine-Related Schizophrenic Disorders [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2013 Cocaine is a psychostimulant in the pharmacological class of drugs called Local Anesthetics. Interestingly, cocaine is the only drug in this class that has a chemical formula comprised of a tropane ring and is, moreover, addictive. The correlation between tropane and addiction is well-studied.
Broderick, Patricia, Rosenbaum, Taylor
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Assessment of cognitive functioning using the Mini Mental State Examination in men with alcohol and crack cocaine use disorder [PDF]
Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 2023 Introduction Consumption of substances has been associated with cognitive impairment. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is an easy-to-apply screening tool used to assess cognitive functions.
Jaqueline B. Schuch +9 more
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Severe rhabdomyolysis induced by cocaine contaminated with caffeine: a case report [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2020 Background: Global consumption of illicit substances has increased, and cocaine dependence remains an important public health problem. Currently, the use of adulterants can overlap or exacerbate the symptoms of cocaine intoxication hindering the ...
Maria Monotya-Giraldo +3 more
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Pancreatitis aguda asociada a cocaína, una complicación inusual. Serie de casos
Medicina U.P.B., 2023 La cocaína es una de las sustancias ilegales más consumidas y Colombia no es la excepción. Dentro de las sustancias ilegales es la segunda más consumida después del cannabis.
Juan David Blanco +2 more
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Drug abuse and serum nutritional biomarkers: A retrospective cohort study
Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética, 2021 Introduction: Drug abuse is a public health problem around the globe. Its implications in human health are harmful, compromising nutritional status.
Alfonso Daniel Silva Ochoa +5 more
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Overcoming bashfulness: how cocaine aided Freud to summon the courage to meet Charcot [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2019 Jean-Martin Charcot, the most celebrated neurologist of the 19th century, had a profound influence on Sigmund Freud's career. Freud spent the winter of 1885-1886 working in Charcot's neurology department in Paris. During this period, he went to Charcot's
Hélio A. G. Teive +5 more
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Pharmacotherapy used for alcohol and cocaine use disorders in a CAPS-AD of Minas Gerais [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022 Substance use disorder is one of the major social and public health problems in the world. The present study analyzed the pharmacoepidemiological profile of patients treated at the Psychosocial Treatment Center for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders ...
Anna Carolina de Moura Costa +7 more
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Subarachnoid and intracerebral hemorrhage in cocaine abusers [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021 Background/Aim. Cocaine is an alkaloid extracted from the leaves of the plants Erythroxylum coca and Erythroxylum novogranatense. It can be taken orally, intranasally, intravenously, by inhalation, or intragenitally.
Aleksić Ivan +4 more
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Fingertip and nasal tip thermal burn in crack cocaine user [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013 Crack cocaine addiction is a public health problem in Brazil. It is an endemic disease that affects rural and urban areas. The Ministry of Health has launched emergency programs for the treatment of dependents and to combat drug trafficking.
Fred Bernardes Filho +4 more
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