title: [Cocaine addiction].
abstract: Cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit drug after cannabis in the general population. Cocaine is a powerful stimulating agent of the central nervous system and a highly addictogenic drug. Somatic and psychiatric consequences of cocaine addiction are major and clinically relevant. The increasing consumption of cocaine and the importance of its consequences justify an update of our knowledge about cocaine addiction.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychologie Medicale et de Psychiatrie, CHU de Liege, Belgique. W.Pitchot@chu.ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pitchot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scantamburlo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karila
mesh_terms: D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009294:Narcotics / Q000494:pharmacology; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D003042:Cocaine; D004298:Dopamine