This is common nomenclature for a combination of heroin and cocaine
Speedball
This is the most common drug of abuse resulting in hospital treatment in the US
Cocaine
This is a key difference between body packers vs body stuffers: _____ tend to ingest packets that contain a large quantity of drug (approximately 1 kg), whereas ______ usually ingest smaller amounts (grams) intended for individual sale
1. Body packers
2. Body stuffers
Teatment for agitation and seizures in cocaine/amphetamine overdose
Benzodiazepines
This person likely uses what substance?
Meth
1. This is the street-name for is smoke-able cocaine
2. This is the street-name for smokeable methamphetamine
1. Crack
2. Ice
This was the incidence of MI in patients presenting to the ED with chest pain and recent cocaine use in one 1994 study.
6%
MDMA users may develop this hyponatremia in response to drug induced secretion of which physiologic substance and overhydration
Vasopressin
Treatment for hypertension/tachycardia in cocaine/amphetamine overdose
Benzodiazepines
Amphetamines are commonly used to treat this sleep disorder
Narcolepsy
This popular beverage used to contain 9mg cocaine per 8 oz glass
Cocaine is associated with a 24X risk of this cardiovascular complication
What is True MI
Fever, hypoxia, acute lung injury, hemoptysis w known exposure to cocaine should prompt consideration of which diagnosis?
What is Crack lung
Thought to be due to contaminants
Avoid this medication in cocaine toxicity
Beta blocker
(unopposed alpha stimulation)
This percentage of college students reported use of Adderall in 2016 (I can't imagine this has gone down in recent year).
10%
Street cocaine purity is approximately this (percentage)
56%
In cocaine toxicity, treat wide QRS tachycardias with this somewhat polarizing substance
sodium bicarbonate (1-2 mEq/kg IV);
Cocaine metabolites can persist for this period of time, potentially causing vasoconstriction and MI
24 hours
One of these treatments is acceptable for hypertension and tachycardia in hypertensive patient with cocaine use if refractory to first line treatment.
Hydralazine or nitroprusside
This many mg of cocaine are typicall in a 'line'?
50-75mg
If Molly is the street name for MDMA, then this lady’s name is an alias for methamphetamine:
Tina
The combination of cocaine and this common vice results in greater increases in heart rate and vasoconstriction than cocaine use alone
Cigarette smoking
This complication of cocaine toxicity can cause muscle breakdown, renal and liver injury, encephalopathy, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and metabolic acidosis.
Hyperthermia
Because cocaine is metabolized by this substrate, co-administration of drugs such as succinylcholine and mivacurium that are also metabolized by this same substrate may lead to unpredictable rates of metabolism, leading to foreshortened or prolonged effects.
plasma cholinesterase
Ingestion of this meth lab ingredient causes hypertension, arrhythmia, anxiety, dizziness, and vomiting. Ingestion of doses greater than 600 mg can lead to renal failure and seizures.
Pseudoephedrine