Addiction scientists seek to better understand cocaine use disorder: ‘Stimulants are coming back’
Nearly 2 percent of the U.S. population reported cocaine use in 2020, and the highly addictive substance was involved in ...
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Cocaine damage routinely misdiagnosed as nonthreatening nasal disease
A new paper in Rheumatology Advances in Practice, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis, a nasal ...
Antidepressant medication may be key to help people stop use of cocaine while in treatment for opioid use disorder
For some people receiving methadone for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), the co-use of opioids and stimulants such as ...
Cocaine addiction makes the brain age faster, suggests study
Scientists tend to view substance addiction as primarily a disease of the brain. When we enjoy sex, food, music, or ...
Endocarditis in patients with cocaine or opioid use disorder saw marked increase between 2011 to 2022
The incidence rate of infective endocarditis – a rare but often fatal inflammation of the heart valves – among patients ...
Risk of endocarditis more than 3x higher after COVID-19 infection in patients with cocaine, opioid abuse disorders
CLEVELAND–People diagnosed with cocaine- and opioid-use disorders are more susceptible to developing endocarditis, a condition that damages the lining of ...
Molecular ‘connector’ helps cocaine latch on to brain cells, even when drug is in low doses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Scientists have long known that cocaine works by latching on to molecular connectors on the surface of ...
New UCI study reveals brain circuit responsible for cocaine withdrawal-induced anxiety and relapse-related behavior
Irvine, CA – May 3, 2022 – New research from the University of California, Irvine, finds that drug withdrawal-induced anxiety ...
EMS ketamine use on agitated patients on cocaine increases intubation 5.75-fold
Patients with excited delirium who are combative, aggressive or agitated before being transported to the hospital or in an emergency ...
How serotonin curbs cocaine addiction
Contrary to common thinking, cocaine triggers an addiction only in 20% of the consumers. But what happens in their brains ...