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Levamisole is a pharmaceutical with anthelminthic and immunomodulatory properties that was previously used in both animals and humans to treat inflammatory conditions and cancer. Levamisole has been identified as a cocaine adulterant in the Unit[...]Article : Périodique
S. MARTELLO ; M. PIERI ; C. IALONGO ; S. PIGNALOSA ; G. NOCE ; F. VERNICH ; C. RUSSO ; F. MINEO ; S. BERNARDINI ; L. T. MARSELLA |Cocaine use is increasing around the world and its purity is frequently altered through dilution, substitution, contamination, and adulteration. Sugars, talc, starch, and carbonates represent the principal diluents of cocaine, while phenacetin, [...]Article : Périodique
I. DE LA HERA ; V. SANZ ; D. CULLEN ; R. CHICO ; G. PETITI ; M. VILLAR ; M. BURGUES ; J. SANZ ; M. CASTELLANOS ; O. ZARCO ; P. L. ORTIZ ; J. L. RODRIGUEZ-PERALTO ; F. VANACLOCHA |BACKGROUND/AIMS: Levamisole is an anthelminthic drug with immunomodulatory properties that has been found to be an adulterant of cocaine in the last 2 years. It was present at least in 70% of tainted cocaine in the U.S.A. in 2009. METHODS: We [...]Article : Périodique
J. A. BUCHANAN ; K. J. HEARD ; C. BURBACH ; M. L. WILSON ; R. DART |The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of levamisole in urine toxicology screens positive for cocaine in a 500-bed public safety-net hospital with 160 000 unique patient users in 2010. [Extract of the document]Article : Périodique
S. PICHINI ; F. P. BUSARDO ; A. GREGORI ; P. BERRETTA ; S. GENTILI ; R. PACIFICI |The data collected in this study describe an initial attempt to systematically introduce the qualitative and quantitative analysis of adulterants present in seized street drugs in Italy with the aim of improving surveillance and data sharing and[...]Article : Périodique
A 54-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history of a painful, enlarging rash over her face, ears, breasts, and extremities. [Extract]