ReviewAcademic forensic pathology2017
Levamisole: A High Performance Cutting Agent.
Review in Academic forensic pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 14 papers.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neuropharmacology of levamisole and its phase I metabolites: lack of evidence for levamisole-cocaine interactions.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
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- Levamisole Ameliorates Rheumatoid Arthritis by Downregulating the PI3K/Akt Pathway in SD Rats.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Volatile drug use and overdose during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Article
- Toxicity and Toxicokinetics of a Four-Week Repeated Gavage of Levamisole in Male Beagle Dogs: A Good Laboratory Practice Study.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Testing the test strips: laboratory performance of fentanyl test strips.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Management of Rat Lungworm Disease (Neuroangiostrongyliasis) Using Anthelmintics: Recent Updates and Recommendations.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with intensive use of cocaine and the adulterant levamisole in a 29-year old patient.Neurological research and practice · 2022Article
- Exploring e-psychonauts perspectives towards cocaine effects and toxicity.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
- Double Suicide Due to the Ingestion of Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine: Case Report and Review of the Literature.Academic forensic pathology · 2022Article
- Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Induced by Cocaine Adulterated with Levamisole.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2022Article
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- Cocaine and Levamisole Induced Vasculitis.Cureus · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedErrata.2017
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Levamisole is an imidazothiazole chemical most frequently used as an antihelminthic agent in cattle. Over the last decade, levamisole has been increasingly encountered as an additive in both powder and crack cocaine. A white powder with a "fish scale" appearance, the chemical is physically similar to powder cocaine.
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