Emergency Room Treatment of the Drug-Abusing Patient
JAMES L. CHAPEL M.D.1
1 Professor and Chief, Section of Child Psychiatry, University of Missouri College of Medicine, 803 Stadium Rd., Columbia, Mo. 65201
The author outlines the preferred treatment of patients appearing for emergency care with acute symptoms suggesting drug overdose or a "bad trip." He discusses symptoms and treatment of patients who have abused heroin, "downers," alcohol, stimulants, cocaine, hallucinogens, marijuana, or belladonna derivatives.
