Pregnancy enhances cocaine's actions on the heart and within the peripheral circulation
American Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyPublished 1 April 1994
James R. Woods, Kimberly J. Scott, Mark A. Plessinger
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Cocaine produces cardiovascular alterations that are dose and time related but, in each case, enhanced in pregnant ewes, and metabolism may contribute to this pregnancy-related phenomenon.
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Cocaine produces cardiovascular alterations that are dose and time related but, in each case, enhanced in pregnant ewes. Cocaine metabolism may contribute to this pregnancy-related phenomenon.
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MedicineNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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