Cocaine, heroin to affect heart function in addicts
Drug overdosing is a serious threat, an approximation of 70,630 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2019 i.e 4% rise from 2018. Widespread use of cocaine and opioids is strongly implicated in rising drug overdose deaths. Cocaine and heroin cause increasingly a rise of modest variance in resting bradycardia and QTc interval.
Clinicians should first consider demographics and recent use of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis before assuming cocaine and heroin affect these measures says a study in International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention.
The findings conclude Cardiovascular disease has been increasingly linked to regular use of substances such as cocaine and heroin but other demographics like tobacco and alcohol must also be considered for better evaluation.
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