Cocaine is one of the most consumed stimulants throughout the world, as official sources
report. It is a naturally occurring sympathomimetic tropane alkaloid derived from the leaves …

Cocaine is one of the most consumed stimulants throughout the world, as official sources
report. It is a naturally occurring sympathomimetic tropane alkaloid derived from the leaves …

Background: The purposes of this study were to investigate the pharmacokinetics of
methylphenidate hydrochloride (Ritalin) in the human brain, to compare them with those of …

Written for practitioners in the field, this critically acclaimed bestseller provides authoritative
information focused on the investigation of drug-related deaths and practical approaches to …

Cocaine plasma levels and urinary excretion data from the literature were subjected to
kinetic analysis. The objective was to present the available empirical data in a more useful …

Cocaine was given by intravenous administration to human subjects and the concentrations
in plasma were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Many …

Healing should be understood as a process, comprised of stages to which are ascribed
different meanings and for which the outcomes expected at each stage of prevention and …

Examination of three frozen bodies, a 13-y-old girl and a girl and boy aged 4 to 5 y,
separately entombed near the Andean summit of Volcán Llullaillaco, Argentina, sheds new …

Route of administration has a profound, but often overlooked, influence on the actual
experience of the drug use itself, on the risk of resulting development of dependence, and …

As we approach the one hundredth anniversary of the use of cocaine in medicine, the
reader might assume that scientific knowledge of cocaine is relatively complete. It is not …