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What are the long-term effects of cocaine use?
Cocaine is a highly addictive drug. Therefore, it is unlikely that a person can predict or control what or extreme lust will continue using it. It is believed that stimulating and addictive effects of cocaine are primarily the result of its ability to prevent the reabsorption of dopamine by nerve cells. The brain emits dopamine as part of their reward system, and it is directly or indirectly involved in the addictive properties of all major drugs of abuse.
You can develop considerable tolerance to “high” of drugs and many addicts report that, although they try, do not get the same pleasure as when first used. Some users often increase the dosage to intensify and prolong the euphoria. Although tolerance may occur to the “high”, users can also develop more sensitivity (“sensitizer”) to the anesthetic and convulsant effects of cocaine, without having increased the dose. This increased sensitivity may explain why some deaths occurring after use of seemingly small dose of cocaine.
When cocaine is used repeatedly and in increasing doses, can lead to a state of irritability, restlessness and paranoia. This can cause a total paranoid psychosis episode in which a person loses touch with reality and suffers from hallucinations.
Synthetic or designer drugs
These days teenagers live life recklessly and are often exposed to the consumption of synthetic drugs, which are produced in clandestine laboratories. Among the best known is the ecstasy, LSD, and drugs such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, etc., Causing effects to the brain are similar to other stimulant drugs such as cocaine.
This type of synthetic drug clandestinely distributed in the form of capsules, tablets or pills of different colors, which is ingested orally. This type of synthetic drug abounds in raves and nightclubs in electronic music, the person who consumes not feel tired to dance the night due to the effect of consumption.
Young people aged between 17 and 24 years according to statistics are the more you consume, with men twice as many women. Depending on the type of drug is consumed, can cause particular effects such as dry mouth, dehydration, abnormal heart rhythm, seizures, and so on. Such drugs are frequently used by young people are the ecstasy, LSD, methamphetamines.
Drugs and the effects on the brain
Human behavior and body movements are controlled by the brain and this is modified when involving the effects of drugs. Transform the action of the brain and brainstem. The different reactions of the drugs cause and a consequence: uncontrollable emotions, restriction of information storage, limited capacity to make decisions and other conduct that are out of control. This has prompted us to study the behavioral changes produced by the substances, or as the impact on different areas of the brain. Results can be obtained as to why the mutation of behavior if we can determine which are the phenomena that take place in brain cells.
The hypothalamus
Constitutes a small part of the composition of the brain. Is a complex structure whose function is to regulate the chemical reactions and organize a wide variety of independent processes of behavior.
There are specific areas in the hypothalamus, causing feelings of pleasure and pain. These can be stimulated with the use of drugs, causing depression and inhibition in the cells of the centers for the sorrow and thus sparking an intense euphoria.
Effects of Drugs: Marijuana
Sometimes these can cause euphoria and unreality, and fears attention difficulties. Also produced radical mood swings, tenderness and loss of self-control. It falls easy on the suggestion and disorientation, externalized from a giggle to fanciful hallucinations. Still not proven that a person can become dependent on marijuana, but it is true that using more and more to get the same effect and may also suffer some withdrawal symptoms.
The relationship of marijuana with other drugs
There are legal drugs like alcohol and cigarettes. Among the illegal drugs could say that marijuana is the mildest. It is the illegal substance that is most likely to try the teenager because it is very easy to acquire, besides being the most consumed. Sometimes marijuana use leads to the use of other illegal drugs.
The use of marijuana and its most common:
Memory loss
Numbness
Longing
Be disturbed
Findings of altered time
Does lose interest and motivation for everyday things
Physical changes caused by marijuana:
Some of the physical effects produced by its use.
Palpitations
Nuisances in the stomach
Discomfort
Motor Impairment
Breathing difficulties
Accentuation of appetite
Delay the bloodstream to reach the brain.
Drugs and their Effects
The use of drugs has become increasingly common and therefore the problems involved are more serious and far-reaching.
Generally, the population most prone to indiscriminate use of drugs is the youth and our companies are dedicated to reproach him not realizing that part of the solution is the education they lack.
Aware of this problem we decided to address this issue and clearly explain each drug and its effects so that they have the necessary information and know exactly what the drug problem.
Without doubt one of the most popular illegal drug is marijuana and the same type is the hashish. Are hallucinogenic drugs, but mild but not harmless. In particular, marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried leaves or flowers cut into pieces of the plant Cannabis sativa and is also known as “grass”, “mount”, “joint”, “pot” “pot”, etc. Both marijuana and hashish are smoked as a cigarette or a pipe and thus its effects are the most common respiratory complications. Read the rest of this entry »
Drugs vs. Psychological Problem
In the XXI century there are still many fears and many social issues of real concern not know. In health Things we intend to talk about drugs vs. psychological problems. Want to know more?
Drugs are a concern of the health system. Drug use has become commonplace, and this is no longer just have to do with the lower classes of society, but consumption is widespread. I dare say that this increase is the result of society in which we live, a society which leaves no time to breathe, a society dominated by stress and there are many people, people like you and me, everyday people , ordinary to seek refuge in drugs to be able (or so I believe) going to step in order to continue with their lives as dynamic, difficult and complicated. Many employers, to withstand the frantic pace of their jobs, to “live”, are caught up in this world. A world at all recommended. Unfortunately, this is so.
Taking certain test substance as cocaine, can be extremely harmful to our health. The feeling of grandeur or euphoria which is consuming this drug can lead to some types of people with low self-esteem problems habitual consumption. The problem is that this state of euphoria lasts for some time and this makes qeu is again consumed more frequently.
Contraindications to Breastfeeding
After seeing the benefits of breastfeeding in the health blog, we have to focus on the other point of view, ie contraindications to breastfeeding, since not all benefits or the mother or the baby, one of the most necessary for the formation of the newborn.
Breastfeeding a baby is a natural action as it exists, since it is the first mother-child interaction.
What you need to make clear is that breastfeeding is not negative, but there are a number of measures or situations in which breastfeeding is contraindicated.
Treatments For Opioid Detoxification
Treatments for opioid detoxification, as for any other toxic, are aimed to achieve cessation of drug use by preventing or minimizing the withdrawal symptoms associated with this. Because the risk of serious complications is nonexistent, this treatment can be carried out in outpatient clinics, although, should be advised to start in a hospital, for any of the following circumstances:
- Existence of comorbidity.
- Pregnancy.
- Lack of external support.
- High dose.
- Rate polydrug use.
The more effective is to detox, then the easier it is patient adherence to addiction and rehabilitation programs. There are basically four pharmacological strategies for the treatment of opiate withdrawal:
Methadone replacement therapy: the heroin substitute methadone, at equivalent doses is not accompanied by any withdrawal, may be administered orally that, being more lasting its effects. The methadone dose is half that which applies to heroin., This dose is lowered more or less quickly, depending on the needs, if the withdrawal withdrawal symptoms are best treated with benzodiazepines, clonidine, etc..
Detoxification provided with alpha-adrenergic agonists: Is treatment with clonidine, which does not control all symptoms, and produces drowsiness, dry mouth, fatigue, and restless legs syndrome as well as a great pressure. Treatment is initiated at low doses and are increasing, not to exceed 0.9 to 1.5 mg / day.
Indices of Drug
Daily use of one or more drugs: The deviant or delinquent behaviors associated with a lifestyle that leaves less room for other activities or interests that those seeking their consumption needs;
The isolation and multiple conflicts with their social environment;
The disengagement against everything that confronts them or prevent them to remain under the influence of alcohol or drugs;
Feelings of helplessness and even despair about the future;
The behaviors and attitudes of withdrawal, if not self-destruct (suicide).
Among those who have multiple social adjustment problems, many have become trapped by drug consumption patterns.
Alcohol (or joint) become indispensable to the relaxation period at the end of the day;Alcohol (or line of cocaine) became necessary for the performance or love to the commercial transaction; Alcohol for “passing” the emotion of a good or bad news; The poppy has become essential to achieve the sleep; The routine use to escape the loneliness;
The alcohol to fill the emptiness inside, etc.
It is not enough to stop eating for better work, it must identify the role played by drugs. Read the rest of this entry »
Individual and social problems
Drug addiction is a behavior that is to consume habitually or periodically, one or more psychotropic substances (drugs) may lead to addiction or state of physical dependence or psychological.
For some, addiction is a coping strategy that allows a person to anesthetize using psychotropic drugs, feelings of helplessness, failure, incompetence, that is to say that depression feeds despair or pain of living sometimes rooted deep within themselves since childhood.
For others, addiction is part of a hedonistic lifestyle, egocentric and antisocial adopted prior to their introduction to drugs, the pursuit of pleasure is the basis or purpose of life, at a minimum price of effort.
“Drug addiction is a multidimensional problem because it affects the physical and mental health of individuals, their social and economic life and, in some cases because they are likely to face justice. It is multidimensional because it has many causes and many consequences, it touches many facets of life of the individual and his environment and it affects the mental balance of the person, it interferes with the quality life’s relationships, that is to say in his roles as spouse, parent, brother, sister, son, daughter, employee, employer, Read the rest of this entry »
Effect of Drug
The Depression
In the event that there are disturbances in mood of drug addicts, such as depression, you should be careful because the risks are significant.
Those who offered drug treatment in the past discouraged the use of antidepressant medication, argumentantazo was not the right technique, that recourse was usually back to the substance. In short, we can state that the abuse of certain drugs arises from the need to self-treat mental illness. Vale clarify that abuse and dependence on a chemical can be fatal. Relapse after abstinence leads to a new addition.
Recommendations
The cases seek medical care are distinguished by certain examples we have detailed above. The important thing is to ask at the right time for an appointment with a doctor and discontinue forthwith the substance the addict, from this action pass to be clear about all the dangers of abstinence.