Recreational Drug Use Triples Odds for Repeat Heart Crises

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• August 28, 2024
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Recreational drug users are three times more likely to have repeated heart health emergencies than people who don’t use, a new study has found.

About 11% of patients admitted to intensive cardiac care units have been using recreational drugs, said researcher

Fatal ODs Involving Fentanyl Plus Coke, Meth Rose 50-Fold Over a Decade

• Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
• September 14, 2023
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The "fourth wave" of the U.S. overdose crisis involves the use of illicit fentanyl mixed with stimulants such as cocaine or methamphetamine, and it's killing people in droves.

The proportion of U.S. overdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants jumped by mo...

Cases of Deadly Heart Infection Tied to Opioid Abuse Rose Sharply During Pandemic

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• December 13, 2022
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Researchers already knew that injecting drugs can lead to the dangerous and deadly heart infection called endocarditis.

Now they know that also becoming infected with COVID-19 appears to increase risk for this already vulnerable group.

"A lot of people talk about l...

Marijuana, Meth, Cocaine Use Can Help Trigger Dangerous A-Fib

• Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
• October 20, 2022
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Using marijuana increases the risk of developing the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (a-fib), a new study suggests.

It's been known that drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine an...

Opioids, Cocaine, Meth Are Hitting America's Black Communities Hardest

• February 10, 2022
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Combined use of opioids and stimulant drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine can be deadly, and in the United States Black communities have been hit especially hard by this lethal combo, new research indicates.

Over a 12-year period, Black Americans have had much larger ...