Comments on: Cocaine Overdose

By: seo services

seo services — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:38:30 +0000

In 1879 cocaine began to be used to treat morphine addiction. Cocaine was introduced into clinical use as a local anesthetic in Germany in 1884, about the same time as Sigmund Freud published his work Über Coca, in which he wrote that cocaine causes

exhilaration and lasting euphoria, which in no way differs from the normal euphoria of the healthy person..

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:04:25 +0000

Well cocaine is not a recreational drug but was meant to be a natural in those parts of Colombia why should we abuse drugs? That post is just on time but sounds like we should encourage coke! Does it? My opinion is that we look for other a bit safe recreational drugs

By: Snap-on Smile

Snap-on Smile — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:44:51 +0000

You can definately die from an overdose on cocaine, and it diesnt matter how much you use, it matters about your body, cocaine makes the heart beat faster, and if it is your first time using then there is always the possibility that you can put your body and have a heart attack. I remember hearing about a basket ball player a while ago who was drafted into the NBA and he was a great player, and tried cocaine one time and dies immediately. Besides that fact if you dint die you always risk the chance of becoming addicted and I work in a rehab and I se eit every day, and it is very hard to come off of drugs once your addicted so I would think before you do it.

By: wow accounts

wow accounts — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:27:18 +0000

Patients who present to the ED with cocaine toxicity often also have other drugs present; in fact, the combined use of alcohol and cocaine may be the major cause of drug-related deaths.

By: ATX

ATX — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:01:41 +0000

i just did a ball over about 12 hours. my heart is racing and having a little trouble breathing. gonna take a 4 bar xanax…smart? also, i have epilepsy. i know, i know but i love drugs

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:50:02 +0000

By the way I not at all against the Coca plant. What I have read about Andean Coca is entirely positive and very difficult to abuse.

There is a reason why these sorts of plants were created.

Unfortunately, with all our so called “cleverness” we don’t seem to have the wisdom to use these things intelligently.

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:42:49 +0000

Okay, but just be aware that cocaine is known to cause brain hemorrhage (probably at the time of “the rush” because that is the time blood pressure goes skyrocketing and blood vessels vaso-constrict. Ugh!!).

Furthermore it directly causes stroke, even more so in the case of “freebase” and “crack” cocaine.

Perhaps worse is the necrosis (tissue death) it causes all throughout the body, particularly the heart muscle, but much more visibly in the nasal septum which commonly perforates (develops a hole) – Ugh!!

Statistically, it is the biggest killer drug in the US and in 20% of autopsies of cocaine users show cocaine induced heart disease. It actually causes considerable cell death in the heart and can do so in the liver, bowel and kidneys. It frequently causes pulmonary hemorrhage (acute bleeding from the lung)and did I mention: inter-cerebral hemorrhage along with cerebral tissue necrosis and cerebral thrombosis.

I don’t mean to “rain” on your parade, but withdrawal (the worst of it over in a week) is the least of the problems you are likely to suffer.

Consider friends …

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:54:33 +0000

Hi all.
I have just finished a major Forensic Toxicology Assignment where I reviewed over 10 papers from a range of perspectives on this topic and had to write about it.

Probably the best and one of the most medically exhaustive papers I studied was “The Pathophysiology of Cocaine Abuse”. Anyone considering doing Coke should first read this or anyone who still uses it.
The potential consequences of cocaine use are absolutely horrific and the statistics speak for themselves. It is the greatest single drug related killer in the US. We don’t generally see this poison in Australia but have a significant problems with methamphetamine.

Another outstanding paper is “Cocaine: History, Social Implications, and Toxicity – A Review”. Think people.

By: Al

Al — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:57:17 +0000

Bobby has been subscribed for oxycodone and has been taking 40-60 mg per day for about 4 months. Bobby got his hands on some pure coke and decided to take a few lines on a pleasant friday evening. It has been around 6 hours since Bobby took 15 mg oxycodone by crushing it up and snorting and now Bobby takes 0.2 grams of pure cocaine over the period of 2 hours. At the end Bobby starts feeling that its not where he wants to be. He feels light pain in his chest and the affect of cocaine is not what Bobby has been experiencing when he did it last 5 years ago. Bobby waited for about 1.5 hours and then took 10 mg of oxycodone to come down, on top of that 1 mg of xanex. Bobby felt good at the end and thanked god that nothing serious happened. Is there anything Bobby should be concerned about? because Bobby used to take 1.5 grams of cocaine over the night and feel great.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:40:31 +0000

A cocaine overdose can result regardless of the route of administration. However, the risk of an overdose and its chances of being fatal increase when cocaine is injected. Smoking followed by intranasal use of cocaine appears to be the next riskiest ways of administration that increase the chance of an overdose and fatality