Levamisole in cocaine: unexpected news from an old acquaintance

A Larocque, RS Hoffman - Clinical Toxicology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Levamisole is a pharmaceutical with anthelminthic and immunomodulatory properties that
was previously used in both animals and humans to treat inflammatory conditions and …

Environmental triggers of autoreactive responses: induction of antiphospholipid antibody formation

A Martirosyan, R Aminov, G Manukyan - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) comprise a diverse family of autoantibodies targeted
against proteins with the affinity toward negatively charged phospholipids or protein …

Determination of cutting agents in seized cocaine samples using GC–MS, GC–TMS and LC–MS/MS

TR Fiorentin, M Fogarty, RP Limberger… - Forensic science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cocaine is usually sold as a white powder and can contain several adulterants and diluents,
known as cutting agents. The cutting agents play an important role in the identification of …

Cocaine-levamisole-induced vasculitis/vasculopathy syndrome

J Marquez, L Aguirre, C Muñoz, A Echeverri… - Current rheumatology …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose of review To understand the clinical spectrum of cocaine-levamisole-induced
vasculitis. Worldwide recreational drug consumption is high among the adult population …

Levamisole—a toxic adulterant in illicit drug preparations: a review

KM Midthun, LS Nelson, BK Logan - Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Discovered in the 1960s, the common anthelminthic levamisole has seen widespread use in
veterinary applications. Its use rapidly expanded thereafter to include human medical …

[HTML][HTML] Vasculopathy related to cocaine adulterated with levamisole: a review of the literature

T Pearson, M Bremmer, J Cohen… - Dermatology online …, 2012 - escholarship.org
BACKGROUND: Recently, there have been numerous case reports and series describing
patients presenting with cutaneous vasculopathy that has been linked to the levamisole …

Clinical profile of levamisole-adulterated cocaine-induced vasculitis/vasculopathy: a 30-case series

CH Muñoz-Vahos, S Herrera-Uribe… - JCR: Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aims of this study were to describe clinical and laboratory manifestations of
patients with levamisole-adulterated cocaine-induced vasculitis/vasculopathy and to …

Cocaine and ANCA associated vasculitis-like syndromes–a case series

S Subesinghe, S van Leuven, L Yalakki, S Sangle… - Autoimmunity …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives We analysed the spectrum of clinical manifestations of cocaine associated
pseudovasculitis. Methods Clinical, serological, radiological and histological features of 14 …

Rheumatic manifestations of cocaine use

J Graf - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Cocaine use is associated with clinical syndromes that closely mimic other primary
rheumatic diseases. Given the high prevalence of cocaine use and its adulteration with …

Levamisole-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis and neutropenia in a patient with cocaine use: an extensive case with necrosis of skin, soft tissue, and cartilage

NP Arora, T Jain, R Bhanot, SK Natesan - Addiction Science & Clinical …, 2012 - Springer
Levamisole-induced vasculitis is a relatively new entity in people who use cocaine. We
describe a 44-year-old woman with a history of cocaine use who presented with a complaint …