Arterial and venous cocaine plasma concentrations in humans: Relationship to route of administration, cardiovascular effects and subjective effects

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1345-1356

  Evans, Suzette M ^a,b   Cone, Edward J ^a   Henningfield, Jack E ^a  

^a NIDA Addiction Research Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; COCAINE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VEINS;

EID: 0030431324     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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