Higher learning: what we can learn from research conducted above 2500 m of elevation

Zimmer, Rudy

doi:10.1093/jtm/tav006

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“…This is the main methodological problem of studying the effect of coca on travellers. For obvious reasons, such research would need to be conducted pre, peri and post trip, including on location at altitude [144, 145] but the core barrier is the travelling populations itself.…”

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Travel medicine, coca and cocaine: demystifying and rehabilitating Erythroxylum – a comprehensive review

Bauer

2019

Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines

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Few travel health measures are as controversial as the use of coca leaves at high altitude; yet, there appears widespread ignorance among health professionals and the general public about coca, its origins as well as its interesting and often flamboyant history. Equally, the cultural and traditional significance to Andean people is not recognised. The coca leaves contain many alkaloids, one of which, cocaine, has gained notoriety as a narcotic, leading to the mistaken idea that coca equals cocaine. This article contrasts coca with cocaine in an attempt to explain the differences but also the reasons for this widespread misconception. By its very nature, there may never be scientific ‘proof’ that coca leaves do or do not work for travellers at altitude, but at least a solid knowledge of coca, and how it differs from cocaine, provides a platform for informed opinions and appropriate critical views on the current confusing and contradictory legal situation.

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Travel medicine, coca and cocaine: demystifying and rehabilitating Erythroxylum – a comprehensive review

Bauer

2019

Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines

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Higher learning: what we can learn from research conducted above 2500 m of elevation

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Travel medicine, coca and cocaine: demystifying and rehabilitating Erythroxylum – a comprehensive review

Travel medicine, coca and cocaine: demystifying and rehabilitating Erythroxylum – a comprehensive review

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