LAS VEGAS—When cocaine and alcohol collide, the consequences can be deadly, according to a literature review poster at PAINWeek 2022 (abstract 75).
“Cocaethylene is a metabolite that forms when an individual consumes cocaine and alcohol together,” said co-author Frank Breve, PharmD, MBA, CCP, the president and CEO of Mid Atlantic PharmaTech Consultants, in Ventnor, N.J. “For example, at a party, someone is snorting cocaine and then drinks some booze.”
The combination