Cocaine-induced choreoathetoid movements ('crack dancing').
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
We describe seven patients with cocaine-induced movements, including choreoathetosis, akathisia, and parkinsonism with tremor. All were seen in 2 years at a municipal hospital, during which 701 visits were attributed to complications of cocaine. Dopaminergic changes are hypothesized to cause euphoria, addiction, and abnormal movements.
Medical subject headings
- Athetosis
- Chorea
- Crack Cocaine
- Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced
- Movement