Abstract

Tusi, also known as «pink cocaine,» is a term that has become popular to describe a dangerous mixture of psychoactive substances. Its name comes from a distortion of 2C-B, a drug synthesized in 1974, belonging to the phenethylamine family. It is a combination of addictive substances that has been gaining popularity in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and recently in the USA. Ketamine and MDMA are the usual ingredients, but samples of tusi have been found with other addictive components such as methamphetamines, benzodiazepines, opioids, and other psychoactive compounds. It rarely contains cocaine. We describe a tourist patient who traveled to our plastic surgery unit in search of improving the image of his body contour. He has a history of chronic addiction to various psychoactive substances, including tusi. During the anesthesia, he developed a difficult-to-manage cardiovascular instability.

Keywords

Tusi, Pink cocaine, General anesthesia