Cocaine and methamphetamine addicts often have heart disease. Why? How is a diagnosis made?
Cardiac sequelae are the second most common cause of death (behind overdose) in patients who use methamphetamines (“meth”). Like cocaine use, use of methamphetamines can produce both acute and chronic cardiovascular disease. Acute intoxication with methamphetamines produces a hyperadrenergic state, not unlike having a pheochromocytoma.… Read More »Cocaine and methamphetamine addicts often have heart disease. Why? How is a diagnosis made?