Levamisole is an antihelminth drug and a common cocaine contaminant, present in an
estimated 71% of cocaine samples in the US. Levamisole-contaminated cocaine has been …

Rheumatic manifestations of cocaine have been well described, but more recently, a
dramatic increase in the levamisole-adulterated cocaine supply in the United States has …

The following report summarizes a study performed on seized drug exhibits collected in two
US states to evaluate the presence and identification of cutting agents. Aliquots of seized …

Abstract Background The United States is faced with an unprecedented epidemic of drug
abuse. Every year thousands of Americans visit the emergency departments all over the …

Objectives The aims of this study were to describe clinical and laboratory manifestations of
patients with levamisole-adulterated cocaine-induced vasculitis/vasculopathy and to …

Background: Cocaine is a risk factor for acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease with
progression to end-stage renal disease. Levamisole is an adulterant that is added to …

Background The consequences of cocaine use are multisystemic, such as, for instance,
renal failure, hepatotoxicity and pulmonary toxicity, with renal alterations being the focus of …

Levamisole has been increasingly used as an adulterant of cocaine in recent years,
emerging as a public health challenge worldwide. Levamisole-associated toxicity manifests …

Idiopathic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are a
group of diseases that are often difficult to diagnose due to the wide range of clinical …

In the past decade, the detrimental effects of levamisole have reemerged because of its
popularity as a cocaine adulterant. Although infrequent, some individuals develop a …