Productos intermedios de la cocaína: la pasta base o “paco"

Article

Authorship

CASTILLA LOZANO, MARIA DEL ROCIO ; Matheu, Francisco ; Azzato, Francisco ; Milei, Jose

Date

2020

Publishing House and Editing Place

Asociación Médica Argentina

Magazine

Revista de la Asociación Medica Argentina, vol. 133 (pp. 20-23) - ISSN 0004-4830
Asociación Médica Argentina

ISSN

0004-4830

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Drug abuse has become a serious problem worldwide. In recent years, in our country the consumption of cocaine base paste (Paco) has increased by more than 200%. Despite of the fact that Paco is an intermediate product in the manufacture of cocaine, and that many of its effects are attributable to its content, its consumption produces a clearly different clinical picture than that observed in cocaine hydrochloride users, which It may be related to the impurity of this drug. Without prejudice to ... Drug abuse has become a serious problem worldwide. In recent years, in our country the consumption of cocaine base paste (Paco) has increased by more than 200%. Despite of the fact that Paco is an intermediate product in the manufacture of cocaine, and that many of its effects are attributable to its content, its consumption produces a clearly different clinical picture than that observed in cocaine hydrochloride users, which It may be related to the impurity of this drug. Without prejudice to the great social impact produced by the consumption of this drug, little is known about its chemical composition and even less about its chronic effects on the different organs or its pathophysiology. Although there is an autopsy material for drug addicts, the findings are contaminated by the coexistence of multiple toxins in the same patient. The formation of multidisciplinary groups is urgent, with modern technology to face this very serious scourge.