Chapter 101- Drug abuse Flashcards
Specific findings of drug use (5)
Dental caries Madarosis Scarring Tattooing Staining
Most widely used psychoactive substance in the world
Caffeine
Recurrent use of illegal drugs or the misuse of nonprescription or prescription drugs that results in negative consequences
Drug abuse
Characterized by physiologic dependence and inability to consistently abstain from the drug
Drug addiction
With the exception of caffeine, ___ is the most widely used drug in the world
Cannabis
Second most commonly used drug worldwide
Amphetamine
Cause the highest negative health impact
Opiates
‘The gateway drug’ is the most commonly used illicit drug
Marijuana
Central role in many neuropsychiatric conditions, including substance addiction
Dopaminergic neural pathways
Protective factors for drug use
Religiosity
Strong family support
Gold standard for diagnosis of most legal and illegal agents
Drug testing
Result of venous thrombosis with subsequenr scarring and pigmentation of the veins
Track marks
The most common site for track marks
Medial vein in the antecubital fossa of nondominant arm
Lack of track marks precludes IV drug use.
True or False
False, does not
Most common drugs associated with track marks
Cocaine
Heroin
Method of injecting intradermally or subcutaneously leaving irregular leukodermic atrophic scars that are irreversible
Skin popping
Lobular panniculitis can be induced by sclerosants such as ___ and diluents such as ___
Pentazocine
Talc
Most common disease for which users are admitted to the hospital
Skin and soft tissue infections
Overdose is the usual acute complication seen in the population.
True or False
False, sepsis
Skin popping has a ___fold greater risk of infection when compared to IV injection
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Blood cultures are often negative in SSTIs.
True or False
True
Most frequently cultured organism
#1 Staphylococcus aureus #2 group A B hemolytic Streptococcus #3 Rikinella corrodens
Classic signs of anaerobic infection such as free air bubbles on radiograph or foul smell may not be present.
True or False
True
___, added to heroin, increases the risk of tetanus
Quinine
___ is ideal for the growth of botulism due to high water content
Black tar heroin
Diagnostic test of choice for botulism
Standard mouse bioassay of serum
Treatment of botulism
Antitoxin + high dose penicillIn + surgical debridement
___ has been reported among IV heroin users who ised lemon juice to dissolve the heroin
Disseminated candidiasis
___ can be achieved through the use of inhalants
Euphoria and delirium
Perioral or perinasal dermatitis in perioral or perinasal area associated with use of inhalants
Huffer’s rash
Helpful clue to inhalant-induced dermatitis
Yellow crust due to nitrates
Other terms for cocaine
C Coke Snow Flake Blow
Sympathomimetic that causes tachycardia, HPN, and mydriasis from Erythroxylum coca
Cocaine
Free base form of cocaine processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate
Crack
Nasal verrucae that can develop in cocaine users
Snorter’s warts
___ antibodies are found in patients with cocaine-induced midline destructive lesions
Anti human neutrophil elastase antibodies
Cocaine has been implicated in the ff:
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Unmask or cause scleroderma, Raynaud phenomenon SJS, AGEP Urticarial vasculitis, Churg Strauss, necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis Buerger disease Halitosis Lip smacking Formication Madarosis Palmar hyperkeratosis