Cocaína (Investigación bibliográfica)

Abstract

Se trata de una revisión bibliográfica sobre las principales características farmacológicas, clínicas y del tratamiento de la intoxicación por cocaína.It is about the bibliographical review of the main pharmacological, clinical characteristics and the treatment of intoxication with cocaine. lt also includes other less frequently studied aspects in the medical literature like the botanical characteristics of the Coca plant and a brief history of consumption and prohibition of the coca and cocaine since the Incas to XX Century. lt has been included updated statistical data of the cocaine and crack consumption in our country as a result of research of the Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia (IAFA).