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Article: Cocaethylene: Immunologic, Hepatic, and Cardiac Effects
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COCAETHYLENE: IMMUNOLOGIC, HEPATIC, AND CARDIAC EFFECTS
Concomitant cocaine and ethanol use produce the compound cocaethylene. A 1995 study estimated that 60 to 80 percent of cocaine users consume ethanol simultaneously. Some users of cocaine mix it with ethanol together as they extend the euphoric sensation and lessen the dysphoria associated with a cessation of cocaine. Cocaethylene, a compound synthesized in vivo, was only identified in 1979. It also has been named in literature as ethylcocaine, ethylbenzoylecgonine, and benzoylecgonine ethyl ester. In 1990, an NIAAA Survey reported that 5.3 million Americans had used cocaine concurrently (during the same period of time) with alcohol, ...
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Article: ALCOHOL, COCAINE MIX STUDIED.(Living)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
October 30, 1990 ;
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... ... a substance called cocaethylene, formed in the liver from alcohol and cocaine, reaches the brain and mimics some actions of cocaine there. Further studies of cocaethylene may give leads for medications to treat cocaine addiction by blocking ...
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