“…Cocaine has some sympathomimetic activity but also causes seizures at higher doses . As cocaine‐induced hyperlactatemia is not observed experimentally in dogs treated with muscle relaxants, the increased muscle activity is believed to be more important than the adrenergic effects . In a recent retrospective study on dogs presenting with presumptive cocaine toxicosis, 9/15 were hyperlactatemic, defined as >2.0 mmol/L (>18.0 mg/dL), with a median of 2.6 mmol/L (23.4 mg/dL) (range 0.8–8.6 mmol/L [7.2–77.5 mg/dL])…”