The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App
Frequency - Incidence
Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases
Evidence level/grade
Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic
Path: Skin vasculopathy/vasculitis/fibrin thrombi
Publications
Cocaine and Levamisole Induced Vasculitis.
Cureus 2021 Aug;13;e17192 — 2021 Aug — e17192
p-ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Caused by Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine: A Case Report.
Case reports in emergency medicine 2013;2013;878903 — 2013 — 878903
Cocaine induced vasculitis: have we found a culprit?
Case reports in rheumatology 2012;2012;982361 — 2012 — 982361
Levamisole-adulterated cocaine: a case series.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2012 Jul-Aug;25;531-5 — 2012 Jul-Aug — 531-5
Levamisole in cocaine: unexpected news from an old acquaintance.
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2012 Apr;50;231-41 — 2012 Apr — 231-41
Levamisole-induced thrombosis: literature review and pertinent laboratory findings.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2011 Oct;65;e128-e129 — 2011 Oct — e128-e129