Cocaine Intoxication What is cocaine intoxication? Cocaine intoxication is when you become restless and overactive while or shortly after using cocaine. You feel very sensitive and "picked on." You feel angry and destructive. Cocaine is a drug made from the leaves of the coca plant, which grows in South America. It is a stimulant that causes physical and psychological arousal, increased confidence, talkativeness, increased breathing and heart rate, increased energy, and sleeplessness. Cocaine can also numb an area of the body quickly. Some people are more sensitive than others to cocaine. Cocaine intoxication can kill you. What is the cause? Cocaine intoxication occurs when you smoke, snort, or inject too much cocaine. Cocaine stimulates some of the chemicals in the brain and body that change physical states and emotions. At first you feel pleasure, increased energy, and enhanced self-esteem. You also have less anxiety and are less self-conscious. Cocaine also affects sexual behavior. In small doses cocaine increases sexual arousal and makes orgasms and erections easier. In large doses cocaine makes you feel increased sexual desire but you are less able to achieve orgasm. Men may have problems with impotence. These pleasurable feelings make you want to repeat the high. You may need larger and larger doses of cocaine to produce the feelings of the first few doses. This may lead to becoming physically and psychologically dependent on cocaine. The effects of cocaine are short-lived. This may cause you to binge (take the drug continually over several hours, or even a week). This may lead to an overdose. What are the symptoms? You may have these symptoms when you use cocaine, or shortly afterward: a fast or slow heartbeat dilated pupils high or low blood pressure hallucinations (seeing or feeling things that are not such as bugs under your skin) sweating or chills dangerous rise in temperature nausea or vomiting muscle pain or weakness chest pain convulsions increased or decreased level of activity confusion coma. Chronic snorting of cocaine can lead to: sore nasal membranes a tear or other damage to the membrane that separates the left and right nostrils nosebleeds sinusitis rapid heart rates and heart attack stroke premature birth or stillbirth of infants whose mothers use cocaine. How is it diagnosed?
Cocaine Intoxication What is cocaine intoxication? Cocaine intoxication is when you become restless and overactive while or shortly after using cocaine. You feel very sensitive and "picked on." You feel angry and destructive. Cocaine is a drug made from the leaves of the coca plant, which grows in South America. It is a stimulant that causes physical and psychological arousal, increased confidence, talkativeness, increased breathing and heart rate, increased energy, and sleeplessness. Cocaine can also numb an area of the body quickly. Some people are more sensitive than others to cocaine. Cocaine intoxication can kill you. What is the cause? Cocaine intoxication occurs when you smoke, snort, or inject too much cocaine. Cocaine stimulates some of the chemicals in the brain and body that change physical states and emotions. At first you feel pleasure, increased energy, and enhanced self-esteem. You also have less anxiety and are less self-conscious. Cocaine also affects sexual behavior. In small doses cocaine increases sexual arousal and makes orgasms and erections easier. In large doses cocaine makes you feel increased sexual desire but you are less able to achieve orgasm. Men may have problems with impotence. These pleasurable feelings make you want to repeat the high. You may need larger and larger doses of cocaine to produce the feelings of the first few doses. This may lead to becoming physically and psychologically dependent on cocaine. The effects of cocaine are short-lived. This may cause you to binge (take the drug continually over several hours, or even a week). This may lead to an overdose. What are the symptoms? You may have these symptoms when you use cocaine, or shortly afterward: a fast or slow heartbeat dilated pupils high or low blood pressure hallucinations (seeing or feeling things that are not such as bugs under your skin) sweating or chills dangerous rise in temperature nausea or vomiting muscle pain or weakness chest pain convulsions increased or decreased level of activity confusion coma. Chronic snorting of cocaine can lead to: sore nasal membranes a tear or other damage to the membrane that separates the left and right nostrils nosebleeds sinusitis rapid heart rates and heart attack stroke premature birth or stillbirth of infants whose mothers use cocaine. How is it diagnosed?
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