Question 1

will cocaine use affect your vision?

Accepted Answer

Yes: It may or may not affect your eyesight, but using cocaine is an indication of impaired vision.
For good health - Have a diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, nuts, beans, legumes, lentils and small amounts of lean meats. Avoid saturated fats. Drink enough water daily, so that your urine is mostly colorless. Exercise at least 150 minutes/week and increase the intensity of exercise gradually. Do not use tobacco, alcohol, weed or street drugs in any form. 
Practice safe sex.

Question 2

what are the medical complications associated with cocaine use?

Accepted Answer

Many: Cardiovascular, pulmonary, gasrtrointestinal, neurological , psychiatric , obstetric . Can cause mi, hypertension, hemoptsis, pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax, cerebrovascular accidents, in regards to obstetrics beside babies going into withdrawal yhey can be small for gestational age . To summarize not a good thing to use or abuse

Question 3

what are internal, damaging side effects of cocaine use?

Accepted Answer

Many harmful effects: Besides being highly addictive, Cocaine can do harm in many ways. It is a powerful vasoconstrictor, & can cause a shortage of bloodflow & permanent damage to any organ/body part. Anxiety, agitation, paranoia, tremors, inability to sleep and mania or grandiosity are most common effects. Heart attack and stroke are deadliest. Fetuses, infants, children and teens can get brain damage w/ or w/o stroke.

Question 4

do health consequences result from cocaine use? if so, what are they?

Accepted Answer

Increased heart rate: Physical effects include increased blood pressure and heart rate, insomnia, sweating, 
euphoria, decreased appetite and increased anxiety. At high doses, psychosis.

Question 5

if infatuation is chemically a lot like cocaine, how come love can last for life, yet cocaine use never pays off. could this be explained scientifical?

Accepted Answer

Don't understand ?: Infatuation is not the same as love, and some people use cocaine for decades.  I am really not sure what you are asking.

Question 6

does cocaine use cause cancer?

Accepted Answer

: Cocaine is not known to increase cancer risk. There is a single report of possible higher risk for a kind of lymphoma, but a single such report usually doesn't mean much. For the most part, regular cocaine users have no more cancer than anyone else.

Question 7

are dioxin poisoning and cocaine use related?

Accepted Answer

Dioxins: Are toxic products mainly coming from inceniration of wastes, affecting the immune system & hormones, causing cancer & infertility. Contamination during illicit substance use likely.

Question 8

how long does it take to develop purpura with cocaine use?

Accepted Answer

Levamisole: Most of the time the cause of the purple discoloration of skin due to bleeding under the skin (called purpura) after Cocaine use is because of a chemotherapy and antiparasite drug called levamisole that is intentionally added by importers of Cocaine as a cutting agent to reduce expense & increase bulk of their product. It is often described as 'sudden onset' retiform purpura so shortly after use.

Question 9

how lone after cocaine use will i test positive on urine test?

Accepted Answer

See below: The official line is that it is detector 3-4 days after use but i give my patients up to a week before i call them for ongoing use.

Question 10

how long after cocaine use will i test positive on urine test?

Accepted Answer

2 to 4 days: The duration of  detection will depend of the type of analysis used, the  duration could conceivably be longer if you use alcohol with the  cocaine.

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