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. 2020 May 21;10(2):117–126. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2020.1742495

Table 4.

Summary of cocaine use disorder.

Cocaine
Common routes of administration
 Smoking
 Insufflation
 Intravenous injection
Adverse effects
 Cardiac
 Myocardial ischemia
 Cardiomyopathy
 Prolonged QTc interval
 Arrhythmias
 Sinus bradycardia
 Pulmonary
 Reactive airway disease
 Tracheal stenosis
 Pneumothorax
 Pneumomediastinum
 Pulmonary edema
 ‘Crack lung’
 Neurologic
 Seizures
 Transient loss of consciousness
 Stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic
 Renal
 Rhabdomyolysis
 Acute renal failure
 Gastrointestinal
 Gastrointestinal bleeding
 Ischemic colitis
 Obstruction and perforation in ‘body packers’
 Psychiatric
 Transient hallucinations
 Paranoia
 Aggression
 Agitation
 Stereotyped behavior
 Other
 Chronic rhinitis
 Erosion dental enamel
 Perforated nasal septum
Management
 Supportive
 See Table 5for cocaine-induced acute coronary syndrome
Withdrawal
 Rarely medically serious
 Depression
 Anxiety
 Inability to concentrate
 Increased appetite