Question 1

what are the health effects of cocaine?

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Addiction: Cocaine is a very addictive drug. The only legitimate use is as a nasal anesthetic for some types of surgery. Recreationally it is inhaled as powder or smoked in the form of a rock aka crack. It increases dopamine levels in the brain which can cause paranoia or other psychotic symptoms. Peripherally it is a very powerful vasoconstrictor and can cause very serious heart problems among other things

Question 2

will someone tell me the effects of cocaine?

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Highly addictive!: Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant that can cause feelings of euphoria and expansive thinking but can also cause paranoia, extreme agitation, and aggressiveness. Some people become addicted very quickly, so even trying it seems to me way too risky to be worth it.Reference: http://www.Narconon.Org/drug-abuse/signs-symptoms-cocaine-use.Html.

Question 3

what are the short-term of effects of using powder cocaine?

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There are many: People use cocaine to experience an intense sense of well-being and euphoria, elevated mood, decreased fatigue and increased intensity of various experiences. However, it also raises blood pressure and pulse, and at your age can cause a heart attack or stroke as well. It is also commonly diluted or 'cut' with levamisole, a highly toxic drug that can cause lack of white blood cells&amp;severe infection

Question 4

what are the effects of cocaine on the brain?

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Cocaine is dangerous: Cocaine (either snorted as powder or smoked as crack) produces a powerful high, that users describe as very pleasurable.  It has multiple effects on the brain, interfering with neurotransmitters like norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine and others preventing them from being reabsorbed.  It also affects other organs, and can trigger heart attacks and strokes, as well as kidney failure. Be careful.

Question 5

what are the side effects of cocaine?

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Cocaine: Crack is stimulant, so hyper arousal ; agitation, changes in pupil size with increased metabolism are common.

Question 6

can cocaine side effects last more than a day?

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Yes: Anyone who is a chronic user can have effects lasting more than a day.

Question 7

what are the bad side effects of using cocaine?

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Sudden death..: You can have accelerated heart rate or irregular heart beats that can kill you. Seizures, elevated pulse and blood pressure, paranoid thoughts and delusions, anxiety, irritability, risk taking, insomnia, mood swings and addiction/dependence.

Question 8

i would like to know the side effects of cocaine?

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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 9

what're the short-term effects of being addicted to the drug cocaine?

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Cocaine: Addiction involves behavioral change & may need a little time --  but some people are "hooked" from their very first dose of cocaine.  A few short term effects of the drug itself: feeling euphoric, energetic, talkative, and mentally alert -- especially to sight, sound, and touch. Speedy. Less need for eating & sleep. Constricted blood vessels; dilated pupils; increased temperature, bp, hr. & more.

Question 10

could you tell me what are short and long term health effects for people who are addicted to cocaine?

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There are many: There are many first it's highly addictive some people start for fun than they stuck for  life .Risk of mental illness can cause hallucination . Risk of bipolar disorder . Risk of cardiac even heart attack . Or stroke , also affect social life high risk of divorce loosing family and job

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