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How toxic is cocaine?

N L Benowitz1

  • 1Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, CA.

Ciba Foundation Symposium
|January 1, 1992
PubMed
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Cocaine use causes numerous medical issues, including sudden death, heart attack, and neurological damage. While significant, cocaine

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Area of Science:

  • Toxicology
  • Public Health
  • Cardiovascular Medicine

Background:

  • Cocaine abuse presents a wide spectrum of severe health consequences.
  • Medical complications are primarily driven by cocaine's intense sympathomimetic effects, often termed a 'sympathetic neural storm'.
  • This review focuses specifically on the medical sequelae of cocaine toxicity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively review the diverse medical complications associated with cocaine use.
  • To quantify the incidence of adverse health outcomes related to cocaine abuse using prospective US databases.
  • To contextualize the public health impact of cocaine toxicity relative to other substance use disorders.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of prospective databases from 1989-1990 in the United States to estimate cocaine-related medical encounters and deaths.

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  • Calculation of incidence rates for emergency department visits and mortality per 1000 drug users.
  • Review of documented medical complications, including cardiovascular, neurological, and psychiatric sequelae.

    • Main Results:

    • Cocaine was associated with the highest number of total encounters, major medical complications, and drug-related deaths in the analyzed period.
    • Estimated rates of emergency department visits and deaths were 15.1 and 0.5 per 1000 drug users, respectively.
    • Key medical complications include arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, seizures, and intracerebral hemorrhage.

    Conclusions:

    • Cocaine toxicity encompasses a broad range of severe medical and psychiatric conditions.
    • The incidence data highlight cocaine as a significant public health concern, particularly regarding acute events and mortality.
    • Despite its severity, the overall magnitude of the cocaine problem is less than that of alcohol or tobacco abuse.