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Karch's pathology of drug abuse

Title
Karch's pathology of drug abuse / Steven B. Karch.
Author
Karch, Steven B.
Publication
Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2002.

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Description
xxi, 541 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Subjects
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Ch. 1. Cocaine. 1.1. Incidence. 1.2. Epidemiology. 1.3. History. 1.4. Cultivation and manufacture. 1.5. Drug constants. 1.6. Routes of ingestion. 1.7. Metabolism of cocaine and its metabolites. 1.8. Problems of test interpretation. 1.9. Cocaine tissue disposition. 1.10. Cocaine's effects on catecholamine and the heart. 1.11. External markers of cocain abuse. 1.12. Toxicity by organ system -- Ch. 2. Natural stimulants. 2.1. Absinthe. 2.2. Caffeine. 2.3. Ephedrine. 2.4. Khat -- Ch. 3. Synthetic stimulants. 3.1. Amphetamine and methamphetamine. 3.2. Methylphenidat (Ritalin). 3.3. Phenylpropanolamine. 3.4. Fenfluramine -- Ch. 4. Hallucinogens. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Incidence. 4.3. Phenylethylamine drivatives. 4.4. Substituted amphetamines (phenylisopropylamines). 4.5. Phenylalkylamines -- Ch. 5. Opiates. 5.1. Incidence. 5.2. Epidemiology. 5.3. Classification of narcotic agents. 5.4. History of opiate abuse.
  • 5.5. Cultivation and manufacture. 5.6. Opiate classification. 5.7. Interpretation of opiate blood and tissue concentrations. 5.8. Medical consequences of opiate abuse -- Ch. 6. Disassociative anesthetics. 6.1. Phencyclidine (PCP). 6.2. Ketamine. 6.3. [gamma]-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) -- Ch. 7. Anabolic steroids. 7.1. Incidence. 7.2. Epidemiology. 7.3. History. 7.4. Steroid abuse. 7.5. Pharmacology. 7.6. Steroid-related disorders. 7.7. Detecting steroid abuse -- Ch. 8. Solvents. 8.1. Incidence. 8.2. Epidemiology. 8.3. General considerations. 8.4. Absorption and tissue disposition. 8.5. Clinical syndromes. App. 2. Blood alcohol concentrations -- App. 3. Volume of distribution calculations -- App. 4. Normal heart weights.
ISBN
0849303435
LCCN
2001036559
OCLC
  • 52264267
  • ocm52264267
  • SCSB-4791956
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries