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Pulmonary effects of illicit drug use
Armand J Wolff et al. Clin Chest Med. 2004 Mar.
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The lungs are at considerable risk from the use of injected or inhaled illicit drugs. The extent and clinical significance of illicit drug induced lung damage is not known completely. Drug use leads to an increase in infectious pulmonary disease, historically in relation to nonsterile injection techniques, and, more recently, in relation to HIV infection and its pulmonary manifestations. Barotrauma related to "smoking topography" or errant injections also represents a real risk of drug use. Although granulomatous disease that involves the pulmonary vasculature and interstitium is probably common in injection drug users, the clinical consequence of such is difficult to estimate. What effect smoked or injected illicit drugs have on short- and long-term pulmonary function also is hard to ascertain. The ubiquitous use of tobacco among users of illicit drugs certainly has confounding effects. Given that illicit drug use is common and that the "popular" drugs of abuse change from generation to generation, the pulmonary physician must remain informed about, and alert for, the effects of drugs of abuse.
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