Abstract

FELIPE MEDINA, R. de  and  GOMEZ SUAREZ, E.. Rhabdomyolisis with acute renal failure, secondary to intranasal cocaine use  . Medifam [online]. 2002, vol.12, n.6, pp.60-67. ISSN 1131-5768.

The use of cocaine is more and more extended within our society, since it is often wrongly thought that it is innocuous when used sporadically. An enormous variety of complications, both organic and psychiatric, have been described after the consumption of cocaine, regardless of the way it is taken, the dose, or frequency of use. It is presented below a case of a 25 years old male with an episode of rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure after his first intranasal cocaine use. 

Keywords : Cocaine; Rhabdomyolysis; Renal failure.