Is your patient using cocaine?

Preview Cocaine may bring a feeling of euphoria, but the short-lived high often comes with lasting adverse consequences. Because use of the drug is on the rise, primary care physicians should be familiar with its attendant medical complications. How does cocaine affect the heart? The lungs? The nervous system? Which bodily functions does it inhibit? Or enhance? Dr Warner answers these and other questions in this overview of the medical consequences of cocaine use.