cocaine use

NIH Researchers Identify Pathway That May Protect Against Cocaine Addiction

...  researchers identify pathway that may protect against cocaine addiction Research suggests that about 1 in 5 people who use cocaine will become addicted, but it remains unclear why certain people are more vulnerable to drug addiction than others. An… Continue reading

'Grey Matter' Matters in Addiction Recovery and Relapse – GoodTherapy.org

...  Matter' Matters in Addiction Recovery and Relapse – GoodTherapy.org For people with cocaine addiction, risk taking and relapse rates are high. In fact, long-term success rates for abstinence interventions are very low. Experts say that chronic cocaine use can… Continue reading

Quitting Smoking for the Baby You Plan to Have Together

...  smoking for the baby you plan to have together Subsequent research has shown that the damage to fetuses of cigarette smoking is in fact worse than that of crack cocaine use. Even if it didn't benefit the fetus… Continue reading

High Desert Sketches

...  1978), News of … Read more on Bigbendnow City doctors discourage benzo use “This means that withdrawal symptoms occur if the tablets are stopped suddenly. In effect, you need the medicine to feel 'normal,'” it says. The Sentinel …… Continue reading

Kinder, Gentler Mike Tyson Tells His Story at the Fox Theater – Atlanta Daily

...  Gentler Mike Tyson Tells His Story at the Fox Theater – Atlanta Daily … After a history of violence, cocaine use, diagnosis of bipolar disorder, conviction and time served for rape, eight children, three wives and bankruptcy, having… Continue reading

How Should a Patient With Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain Be Treated?

...  Should a Patient with Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain be Treated? The ways in which cocaine use can cause myocardial ischemia and MI are multifactorial. A vigorous central sympathomimetic effect, coronary artery vasoconstriction, stimulation of platelets, and enhanced atherosclerosis all lead… Continue reading