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Drugs of Abuse

    • In the last decade, dozens of novel agents of abuse have emerged, many of them chemical variants of the naturally occurring cathinone found in the plant Catha edulis. 
    • Synthetic cathinones may be sold under the name of bath salts or plant food to subvert legal restrictions on their use. Their beta-ketone amphetamine structure results in their amphetamine-like sympathomimetic effects. However, synthetic cathinones also seem to modulate serotonin release, resulting in various psychoactive effects.
    • Toxicity in patients using synthetic cathinones varies from euphoria and intoxication, to florid violent hallucinations, hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, seizures, and death. Unlike many other street drugs, synthetic cathinones are often known more commonly by their street name (e.g., bath salts), with the exact chemical composition changing over time in response to legal pressures. 

    • Evidence for the utility of serologic and molecular assays in the evaluation of acute pneumonia
    • Enhanced understanding of the pathogenesis of pneumonia
    • Empiric therapy in the context of CAP, HCAP, and HAP/VAP

Drugs of Abuse

    • In the last decade, dozens of novel agents of abuse have emerged, many of them chemical variants of the naturally occurring cathinone found in the plant Catha edulis. 
    • Synthetic cathinones may be sold under the name of bath salts or plant food to subvert legal restrictions on their use. Their beta-ketone amphetamine structure results in their amphetamine-like sympathomimetic effects. However, synthetic cathinones also seem to modulate serotonin release, resulting in various psychoactive effects.
    • Toxicity in patients using synthetic cathinones varies from euphoria and intoxication, to florid violent hallucinations, hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, seizures, and death. Unlike many other street drugs, synthetic cathinones are often known more commonly by their street name (e.g., bath salts), with the exact chemical composition changing over time in response to legal pressures. 

Urticaria and Angioedema

    • Latest BSACI guideline for the management of chronic urticaria and angioedema
    • Latest ACAAISAEM consensus parameter for the evaluation and management of angioedema in the emergency department
    • Latest EAACI, GAAEN, EDF, and WAO guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis, and management of urticaria

Drugs of Abuse

    • In the last decade, dozens of novel agents of abuse have emerged, many of them chemical variants of the naturally occurring cathinone found in the plant Catha edulis. 
    • Synthetic cathinones may be sold under the name of bath salts or plant food to subvert legal restrictions on their use. Their beta-ketone amphetamine structure results in their amphetamine-like sympathomimetic effects. However, synthetic cathinones also seem to modulate serotonin release, resulting in various psychoactive effects.
    • Toxicity in patients using synthetic cathinones varies from euphoria and intoxication, to florid violent hallucinations, hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, seizures, and death. Unlike many other street drugs, synthetic cathinones are often known more commonly by their street name (e.g., bath salts), with the exact chemical composition changing over time in response to legal pressures. 

    • Evidence for the utility of serologic and molecular assays in the evaluation of acute pneumonia
    • Enhanced understanding of the pathogenesis of pneumonia
    • Empiric therapy in the context of CAP, HCAP, and HAP/VAP

Drugs of Abuse

    • In the last decade, dozens of novel agents of abuse have emerged, many of them chemical variants of the naturally occurring cathinone found in the plant Catha edulis. 
    • Synthetic cathinones may be sold under the name of bath salts or plant food to subvert legal restrictions on their use. Their beta-ketone amphetamine structure results in their amphetamine-like sympathomimetic effects. However, synthetic cathinones also seem to modulate serotonin release, resulting in various psychoactive effects.
    • Toxicity in patients using synthetic cathinones varies from euphoria and intoxication, to florid violent hallucinations, hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, seizures, and death. Unlike many other street drugs, synthetic cathinones are often known more commonly by their street name (e.g., bath salts), with the exact chemical composition changing over time in response to legal pressures. 

Drugs of Abuse

    • In the last decade, dozens of novel agents of abuse have emerged, many of them chemical variants of the naturally occurring cathinone found in the plant Catha edulis. 
    • Synthetic cathinones may be sold under the name of bath salts or plant food to subvert legal restrictions on their use. Their beta-ketone amphetamine structure results in their amphetamine-like sympathomimetic effects. However, synthetic cathinones also seem to modulate serotonin release, resulting in various psychoactive effects.
    • Toxicity in patients using synthetic cathinones varies from euphoria and intoxication, to florid violent hallucinations, hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, seizures, and death. Unlike many other street drugs, synthetic cathinones are often known more commonly by their street name (e.g., bath salts), with the exact chemical composition changing over time in response to legal pressures. 
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