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Cocaine

Cocaine
• Effective local anesthetic
• High conc. → potent to CNS
• Circulating cocaine – 0.5-1 hr
• Alkaloid salt
• Artificial dopamine
• Acute cocaine toxicity
• Rapid hepatic hydrolysis → benzoylecgonine
Opiates (heroin)
• Capable for analgesia, sedation and anesthsia
• Derived from opium poppy
• Highly addictive (opioid addiction) →
endorphin and dopamine
• Cardiopulmonary failure
• Lab test:
– Screening: morphine and codeine detection
(immunoassay)
– Confirmatory: GC/MS

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