Archive for the 'Cocaine Addiction' Category
What Treatments are Effective for Cocaine Abusers?
There has been an enormous increase in the number of people seekingtreatment for cocaine addiction during the 1980s and 1990s. Treatment providers in most areas of the country, except in the West and Southwest, report that cocaine is the most commonly cited drug of abuse among their clients.The majo…
Introduction to Cocaine Abuse
Signs of cocaine abuse include: change in mood, appitite and sleep cycles, depression, absence at work and home, running/ sniffly nose, new group of friends and a drop in school grades. Loss of interest in hobbys and other activities are also common signs of cocaine usage. Teenagers may also have a …
Are Cocaine Abusers at Risk for Contracting HIV/AIDS?
Yes. Cocaine abusers, especially those who inject, are at increased risk for contracting such infectious diseases as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) and Hepatitis. In fact, use and abuse of illicit drugs, including crack cocaine, have become the leading risk factors for new cases of HIV. Dru…
What Are The Symptoms Of Cocaine Overdose
The symptoms of a cocaine overdose are intense and generally short in nature. Although fairly uncommon, people do die from cocaine overdose. The exact amount of cocaine that cause an overdose varies from person to person and is dependent on a variety of factor including weight, metabolism, health et…
What Are Symptoms Of Cocaine Withdrawal?
Regular use of cocaine can lead to strong psychological dependence (addiction). Those who abruptly stop their use can experience cocaine addiction withdrawal symptoms as they readjust to functioning without the drug. The length of cocaine addiction withdrawal varies from to person to person and also…
What Are The Medical Complications Of Cocaine Use?
Medical consequences of cocaine abuse :Cardiovascular effectsdisturbances in heart rhythm heart attacksRespiratory effectschest painrespiratory failureNeurological effectsstrokesseizures headachesGastronintestinal effectsabdominal painnauseaCocaine use has been linked to many of heart disease. Cocai…
What are the short term Effect of Cocaine
Cocaine’s effects appear almost immediately after single dose, and disappear within a few minute or hours. Taken in small amounts (25 to 150 mg), cocaine usually makes the user feel euphoric, energetic, talkative, and mentally alert, especially to the sensations of sight, sound, and touch. It can …
What are the Long Term Effects of Cocaine
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug. Once heaving tried cocaine, an individual may have difficulty predicting or controlling the extent to which he or she will continue to use the drug. Cocaine’s stimulant and addictive effects are thought to be primarily a result of it’s to ability to inhibi…
Health Effects
Even though the public in often with regaled highly publicized account of deaths from cocaine, many still mistakenly believe the drug to be non-addictive and not as harmful as other illicit drugs. Cocaine’s immediate physical effects include raised breathing rate, raise blood pressure and body tem…
What are the Physical Effect of Cocaine Addiction?
With the accumulating evidence of cocaine’s deleterious effect and the introduction and widespread use of cocaine, the public and government have become alarmed again its growing use. To many American’s especially health care and socials workers who deal with cocaine users and have witnessed the…
