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Naturally Occurring and Nasty

Cocaine, propranolol

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This case discusses the pharmacodynamic interaction between cocaine and propranolol, resulting in hypertension and exaggerated cocaine toxicity.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Lauren Partyka MD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Li Meng MD, MPH

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Anesthesia Services Department, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Med Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Catherine Marcucci MD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Michael P. Hutchens MD

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Erica D. Wittwer MD, PhD , Toby N. Weingarten MD , Juraj Sprung MD, PhD  & Wayne T. Nicholson MD, PharmD, MSc , ,  & 

  4. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Kirk Lalwani MD

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Med Liliane S. Kaufmann Building, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    David G. Metro MD

  6. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Randal O. Dull MD, PhD

  7. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Christopher E. Swide MD

  8. Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    F. Jacob Seagull PhD

  9. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Portland, OR, USA

    Jeffrey R. Kirsch MD (Professor and Chair) (Professor and Chair)

  10. Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical System VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Neil B. Sandson MD

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Partyka, L., Meng, L. (2015). Naturally Occurring and Nasty. In: Marcucci, C., et al. A Case Approach to Perioperative Drug-Drug Interactions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7495-1_38

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