For over five years, Anthony Valanos has been serving Sheer Recovery as a certified recovery specialist, podcast host, and educator. At Sheer Recovery, Anthony Valanos supports the clinical, marketing, operations, and admissions management teams and offers free education about addiction recovery to the public through the Sheer Recovery Podcast.
Serving the Southern California area, Sheer Recovery provides treatment for the use of several substances, including stimulants like cocaine. Cocaine addiction is the physical and psychological dependence on the drug, which has numerous risks and may have several effects on the user.
Some short-term effects of cocaine use include loss of appetite, hypersensitivity to sound, touch, and sight, mental alertness, irritability, and paranoia. The duration of these effects typically depends on the method of use. Other physical responses are chest pain, nausea, and irregular or fast heartbeat.
Cocaine is very addictive, and it can lead to overdose even in the first use. In the long-term, it can develop more severe consequences such as heart attack, seizures, and strokes. Depending on the method of use, some long-term health effects may include loss of smell, problems with swallowing, and chronic nosebleeds if it was snorted. Cocaine can also be smoked in a pipe, possibly causing asthma, respiratory distress, and a higher risk of respiratory diseases in the long term. When injecting cocaine, the user has a higher risk of developing blood-borne diseases like hepatitis C and HIV, as well as soft tissue infections.
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