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Cocaine Abuse (cont.)

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Follow-up should be as planned in the emergency department or as discussed when discharged from the hospital. Because any addiction involves the entire family, the treatment plan should include family. It may consist of follow-ups with a drug counselor, psychiatrist, family doctor, internist, infectious disease specialist, obstetrician, general surgeon, or heart surgeon.



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Cocaine is derived from Erythroxylon coca, a shrub endemic to the Andes, Mexico, West Indies, and Indonesia.

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