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Emergency Room Treatment of the Drug-Abusing Patient

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.3.257

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.

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