[extropy-chat] baloney in the memetic superstructure
Samantha Atkins
sjatkins at mac.com
Sun Dec 4 08:53:07 UTC 2005
Cocaine is a CNS stimulant. Overdose is quite possible, generally
from respiratory arrest but stroke is also not uncommon if too much
coke is ingested. Here is a little blurb.
The fatal dose of cocaine has been approximated 1.2 g, although
severe toxic effects have been reported from doses as low as 20 mg.
SYMPTOMS: The symptoms of cocaine poisoning are referable to the CNS,
namely the patient becomes excited, restless, garrulous, anxious and
confused. Enhanced reflexes, headache, rapid pulse, irregular
respiration, chills, rise in b.d. temperature, mydriasis,
exophthalmos, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain are noticed in
severe overdoses, delirium, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, convulsions,
unconsciousness and death from respiratory arrest result. Acute
poisoning by cocaine is rapid in developing. TREATMENT: The specific
treatment of acute cocaine poisoning is the intravenous
administration of a short-acting barbiturate or diazepam. Artificial
respiration may be necessary. It is important to limit absorption of
the drug. If entrance of the drug into circulation can be checked,
and respiratory exchange maintained, the progress is favorable since
cocaine is eliminated fairly rapidly.
- samantha
On Dec 3, 2005, at 8:12 PM, spike wrote:
>
> Evidently it is possible to perish from cocaine if it
> is injected and accompanied by methadone (whatever the
> heck that is).
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/03/powerball.grandchild.ap/index.html
>
>
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