Medicine Today

Drug Abuse and Cardiac Problem

Medicine Today February 10, 2014 Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman Patwary, Kazi Abdullah Al Mamun 4 citations

Drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions in many countries including Bangladesh and threatens to overwhelm economic, social, and health care systems. In addition to their effects on the central nervous system, many of these agents induce profound changes in the heart and circulation that are responsible for a significant proportion of drug-related morbidity. Drugs that can affect the...