Cocaine intoxication symptoms

Cocaine intoxication is treated pharmacologically only if the patient is agitated and psychotic. Low-dose antipsychotics can be used short-term if necessary for psychotic symptoms. 

About 60-75% of chronic cocaine abusers report severe headaches (93), which can resemble migraine migrainelike symptoms can include auras, visual field changes, and paraphasia (94). About 60-75% of chronic cocaine abusers report severe headaches (93,94). Of 21 patients who were admitted to hospital from January 1985 to December 1988 for acute headache associated with cocaine intoxication 15 had headaches with migrainous features in the absence of neurological or systemic complications (93). None had a history of cocaine-unrelated headaches or a family history of migraine, and all had a... 

TABLE 64—3. Signs and Symptoms of Cocaine Intoxication and Withdrawal... 

Pharmacological treatment of cocaine intoxication is non-specific and includes general medical support and administration of psychotropics for specific symptoms."- ... 

Identify the typical signs and symptoms of intoxication associated with the use of alcohol, opioids, cocaine/amphetamines, and cannabis, and determine the appropriate treatment measures to produce a desired outcome following episodes of intoxication. 

Poisoning can occur with doses of cocaine as low as 20 mg (10 drops of cocaine 4%). Victims generally collapse and die after associated cardiovascular abnormalities, dysrhythmias, and respiratory failure. Signs and symptoms of intoxication include excitement, restlessness, headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, convulsions, and delirium. 

Interference with diagnostic tests Hair analysis of a 13-month-old boy with symptoms suggestive of opioid intoxication showed repeated chronic exposure to methadone and cocaine [126 ]. 

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