RT Book, Section
A1 Prosser, Jane M.
A1 Perrone, Jeanmarie
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121499744
T1 Cocaine and Amphetamines
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121499744
RD 2024/04/24
AB Historical  records  of  indigenous  cultures  in  South  America  describe  early  stimulant  use  by  chewing  leaves  of  the  Erythroxylum  coca  plant,  a  practice  that  continues  today.  Cocaine  was  first  used  therapeutically  in  1884  for  ophthalmologic  procedures.  Amphetamines  were  first  synthesized  in  1887,  and  in  1932  they  were  first  marketed  medicinally  in  an  inhaler  form  as  a  bronchodilator.  Use  of  methamphetamine  to  enhance  physical  and  intellectual  performance  began  in  the  1930s.  These  drugs  have  limited  therapeutic  roles  but  are  widely  used  as  drugs  of  abuse.  Clinical  effects  and  toxicity  are  due  to  sympathetic  nervous  system  stimulation.