Pharmacology and Abuse of Cocaine, Amphetamines, Ecstasy and Related Designer Drugs : A comprehensive review on their mode of action, treatment of abuse and intoxication - Freye, Enno.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
How It All Started with Cocaine -- Production of the Coca Leaf -- Cocaine: History of Use -- Popularity of Cocaine as a Drug for Medical Treatment -- The Different Types of Alkaloids in Coca -- The Making of Cocaine in the Jungle -- Freebase Cocaine: High Bioavailability with Increase in Potency -- Pharmacology of Cocaine -- Addictive Properties of Cocaine: Mode Of Action -- Cocaine Intoxication: Strategy for Treatment -- Special Pathologies in Chronic Cocaine Use -- Summary of Advanced Treatment in Cocaine OD -- Chronic Toxicity of Cocaine use -- Summary of Acute-Chronic Effects of Cocaine -- Cocaine Use in Pregnancy -- Methamphetamine-an Old Aquaintance in New Clothes -- New Options in the Treatment of Cocaine Dependency -- Mode of Action of Methamphetamine -- Pharmacology of Methamphetamine -- Crystal Methamphetamine -- Treatment Options in Methamphetamine Addiction and Withdrawal -- Amphetamine Derivatives as Appetite Suppressants -- Incidence of Illicit Use of Ecstasy -- Pharmacology of Ecstasy (MDMA) -- Pharmacological Effects of MDMA in Man -- Pharmacokinetics of MDMA -- MDMA (Ecstasy): from Psychotherapy to a Street Drug of Abuse -- History of Designer Drugs -- Gamma-Hydroxybutyric (GHB) Acid -- The Pharmacology of ?-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB) -- Use of GHB in Clinical Medicine -- Abuse Potential and Intoxication with GHB -- Benzylpiperazine (BZP) as a Designer Drug -- Natural Products with Abuse Potential -- Toxicity of Datura Stramonium -- Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) a Psychedelic -- The Mushroom Psilocybin with Psychedelic Properties -- Ibogaine, Psychedelic Molecule with Anti-Addictive Properties -- Peyote, a Mescaline-Containing Cactus -- LSD, a Semisynthetic Psychedelic Drug -- 5-MeO-DIPT, a Psychedelic Structurally Related to Psiloc(yb)in -- Positive Signs and Symptoms of Hard Drug Abuse -- Urine Drug Screening (UDS): Identifying the Person with Illicit Use -- Types of Urine Drug Testing -- Designer Drugs and their Abuse -- Type of Tests for Urine Drug Testing (UDT) -- How to Demask the Patient with an Aberrant Drug Use -- Analysis of Saliva, Hair and Sweat for Drug Testing.
Keywords: Pharmacology; Medicine; Pharmaceutical technology; Pharmacy; Emergency medicine; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biomedicine, general; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Pharmacy; Medicine/Public Health, general; Emergency Medicine