Drug abuse has become a major social problem of the modern world and majority of these
abusive drugs or their metabolites are excreted through the kidneys and, thus, the renal …

Drug abuse has become a major problem of the modern world where drug-induced kidney
injury can be caused by both prescribed drugs for clinical conditions and illegal (illicit) drugs …

The increasing consumption of drugs of abuse represents a global public health concern.
Kidneys are especially vulnerable to the toxic effects of these substances, as these organs …

Since the first reports in the late 1960s and early 1970s there have been numerous studies
describing the clinical and pathological features of renal diseases associated with chronic …

Cocaine has anaesthetic, vasoconstrictive and CNS stimulatory effects. Presently, it is used
clinically as a local anaesthetic and abused as a recreational drug. It has been implicated in …

The kidneys can be injured in diverse ways by many drugs, both legal and illegal. Novel
associations and descriptions of nephrotoxic effects of common and emerging drugs of …

Renal disease in cocaine and heroin users is associated with the nephrotic syndrome, acute
glomerulonephritis, amyloidosis, interstitial nephritis, and rhabdomyolysis. The …

Heroin-associated nephropathy (HAN) is a complication of the intravenous use of heroin or
cocaine. It has been postulated that one of the substances used to adulterate these drugs …

Toxic nephropathy is a disorder whose primary feature is impairment of the normal functions
of the kidney. Because of distinct anatomic and physiologic features, the kidney is uniquely …

Background The consequences of cocaine use are multisystemic, such as, for instance,
renal failure, hepatotoxicity and pulmonary toxicity, with renal alterations being the focus of …