Prevalence of Cocaine Use and Its Impact on Asthma Exacerbation in an Urban Population

Rome, Lauren; Lippmann, Michael; Dalsey, William C.; Taggart, P; Pomerantz, Sherry

doi:10.1378/chest.117.5.1324

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“…13 In a prospective study by McNagny et al, 13 the prevalence of cocaine use in young men presenting to an inner-city walk-in clinic was determined to be 39% by urine testing; 72% of those testing positive denied illicit drug use in the prior 3 days. In a study by Rome et al, 14 only 3 of 13 patients who tested positive for cocaine actually admitted to its use. In a study by McNagny et al, 13 consent was not obtained for drug screening.…”

Section: Cocaine and Asthmamentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Several studies have shown that patients who abuse drugs may be at increased risk of severe asthma exacerbations or asthma death. 14,15,19,20,48 Baxter et al 72 demonstrated that patients with substance-related disorders and persistent asthma fill prescriptions for controller medications at lower rates than patients without substance-related disorders. Although the authors cannot say whether these differences are due to differential access to care, decreased compliance with treatment recommendations, or the receipt of substandard care, these findings still may partially explain the disparities in asthma outcomes observed for these patients.…”

Section: Asthma Care In Patients With Substance Abuse Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Dangerous Relationships”: Asthma and Substance Abuse

Caponnetto

Auditore²,

Russo

et al. 2013

Journal of Addictive Diseases

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Commonly abused drug are cocaine, marijuana, cigarettes, heroin, and alcohol. The review emphasizes the importance for clinicians to be alert to the possibility of this substance as a precipitating factor for acute asthma. Substance use disorders to characterize illnesses associated with drug use. The use of drugs of abuse increases risk of developing more severe symptoms, higher frequency of exacerbations and having and significant effect on care resources due to clinicians visits and frequent hospital admissions. Abused drug has been shown to accelerate the decline in lung function and to increase numbers of life-threatening asthma attacks, and greater asthma mortality.

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Section: Cocaine and Asthmamentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Asthma Care In Patients With Substance Abuse Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Dangerous Relationships”: Asthma and Substance Abuse

Caponnetto

Auditore²,

Russo

et al. 2013

Journal of Addictive Diseases

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“…Asthmatic patients with documented cocaine use had a significantly longer stay than in a corresponding cocaine-negative group of hospitalized asthmatics, in one report (26). A temporal association between heavy crack use and severe acute exacerbation of asthma, including fatal asthma, has been reported (27).…”

Section: Respiratory Effects Of Cocaine Usementioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of non-cardiac cocaine toxicity

Glauser¹,

Queen²

2007

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

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“…This observation has also been supported by anecdotal evidence from clinical colleagues, although there is little published research in this area. 6 Previous studies have reported an association between drug misuse and asthma exacerbations [7][8][9][10] and respiratory disease and lower quality of asthma care among drug misusers. 11 Other previous studies also suggest a possible association between asthma mortality and drug misuse.…”

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