Adulterants in crack cocaine in Brazil.

Marcelo RibeiroAlisson Paulino TrevizolRosana FrajzingerAriadne Ribeiro FerreiraHannelore SpeierlLuciana PiresMaristela AndrausLolita TsanaclisAna Leonor Sala AlonsoQuirino CordeiroRonaldo Laranjeira

Published in: Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy (2019)

Adulterants were widely prevalent in hair samples from crack users treated at CRATOD: at least one adulterant was present in virtually all the hair samples collected. This points to a need to monitor adverse effects in the clinical setting in order to provide this high-risk group of patients with prompt and effective care related to the acute and chronic complications associated with these adulterants.

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