Cocaine abuse and sleep apnea in severe obesity

Paolo Marzullo; Mirta Menegatti; Gabriele Guzzaloni; Paolo Fanari; Elvira Uccelli; Maria Antonella Tagliaferri; Gianluca Aimaretti; Antonio Liuzzi

doi:10.1097/ADM.0b013e31828c8196

Cocaine abuse and sleep apnea in severe obesity

Paolo Marzullo, Mirta Menegatti, Gabriele Guzzaloni, Paolo Fanari, Elvira Uccelli, Maria Antonella Tagliaferri, Gianluca Aimaretti, Antonio Liuzzi

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Abstract

Obesity is a cause of sleep breathing disorders that result in excessive daytime sleepiness. We describe the adaptive strategy used by an obese person who started to snort cocaine to remedy incoercible drowsiness affecting his working financial skills. Clinical workup documented severe sleep apnea, which was treated by noninvasive ventilation and resulted in withdrawing cocaine abuse. Undiagnosed sleep disorders may trigger surreptitious psychostimulant abuse in vulnerable individuals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	294-295
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Addiction Medicine
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0b013e31828c8196
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

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Keywords

Cocaine abuse
Obesity
Sleep apnea

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health
Pharmacology (medical)

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Marzullo, P., Menegatti, M., Guzzaloni, G., Fanari, P., Uccelli, E., Tagliaferri, M. A., Aimaretti, G., & Liuzzi, A. (2013). Cocaine abuse and sleep apnea in severe obesity. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 7(4), 294-295. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0b013e31828c8196

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