What is your typical approach to the use of beta blockers in the setting of recent cocaine use amongst patients presenting with cocaine-related MI, arrhythmias, or new-onset heart failure?
If these patients were already prescribed non-selective beta blockers outpatient, do you recommend withholding these medications in the acute phase?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I favor using or continuing non-selective beta-blockers in patients presenting with acute cardiac manifestations of recent cocaine use. My preferred agent in this setting is carvedilol.