Cocaine use
Cocaine is a powerful central nervous system stimulant with potent cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) side effects. Signs of intoxication typically begin with enlarged pupils, a feeling of being "high" (euphoria), agitation, and increased heart rate and blood pressure.
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Will cocaine use affect your vision?
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What are the medical complications associated with cocaine use?
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What are internal, damaging side effects of cocaine use?
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Do health consequences result from cocaine use? If so, what are they?
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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?
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Does cocaine use cause cancer?
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Are dioxin poisoning and cocaine use related?
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How long does it take to develop purpura with cocaine use?
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How lone after cocaine use will i test positive on urine test?
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How long after cocaine use will i test positive on urine test?
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Is there any prescription drugs that can give a false positve for cocaine use?
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There was a famous comedian who caught fire. He died of MS a few years ago. Were his cocaine use and MS related?
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If there was cocaine use periodically thru the first 2 trimesters.... but none in the 3... Will the baby show clean of drugs or positive when born?
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Define long-term cocaine use? With rec use during college & months of nonuse in between what's the liklihood of permanent damage? No use since then.
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If there was only cocaine use from weeks 18 to 27.Been clean since and the baby is due in November. Will the baby show positive on drug test when born?
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What are the symptoms of crack cocaine use?
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Can your nose change shape from cocaine use?
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Can cocaine use cause an episode of impotence?
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How can long term cocaine use effect the brain?
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Cocaine use visible in nasal passages for how long?
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How does regular cocaine use affect hypothyroidism?
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Does past cocaine use lead to irreversible nose damage?
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How long after stopping cocaine use is the brain not affected?
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If there has been no cocaine use thru the whole 3 trimester. Will the baby show positive on drug test when born?
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Can cocaine use cause ovarian cancer?
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How can crack cocaine use affect diabetes, specifically?
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Will cocaine use show up in a routine blood work for a physical?How long does it stay in your blood stream?
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How long will cocaine metabolite be detectable in urine if alcohol is consumed without cocaine use for 8 days?
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How to heal/ how long will it take, for my heart to heal after mild cocaine use? (quit after using along with 120mgs of vyvanse, (lisdexamfetamine) terrible experience)
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Can a deviated nose septum cure on its own. I have two big holes and now Im nervous that it wont heal Cocaine use over a couple of months and realized I had a 2 holes No more cocaine I have been clean but Im scared my nose is gonna fall off?
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