Treatment of Cocaine & Related Drug Abuse
Cocaine overdose is a medical emergency and should be managed in an intensive care unit. Cocaine toxicity causes hypertension (high blood pressure), tachycardia (high heart rate), tonic clonic seizures, dyspnea (breathlessness), and ventricular arrhythmias (change in rhythm of heart). Intravenous diazepam in doses up to 0.5 mg/kg administered over an 8-h period to control seizure. 0.5–1.0 mg of propranolol intravenously is given to control ventricular arrhythmias.
Categories: Addiction, Health Information Tags: Cocaine abuse, Outpatient detoxification
