Drug Addiction Help and Drug Abuse Advice

Cocaine drug addiction side effects can be quite noticeable and symptoms of using this harmful drug will vary depending on a few factors but have led to the death of many users worldwide. Although most users snort the substance through the nose to take it there are others who may smoke it as crack or inject it directly into their bloodstream and often mixed with other substances making a cocktail of sorts. This substance must not be underestimated as to how harmful and destructive it can actually be on the users life and to those around them.

One of the immediate side effects of taking the drug cocaine is a sudden burst of energy with symptoms of the pulse quickening rapidly. Although this rush can last for up to 30 minutes in a user taking a line, the danger is that they crave more of it afterwards. If more is not taken, the user starts ‘coming down’ and symptoms of this include feeling edgy, irritable and depression usually hits. The side effects of someone taking cocaine for the long term will often result in a form of serious depression as the users body cannot be satisfied by the dosages any more, often resulting in a serious overdose and in many reported cases worldwide, death.

Not quite as serious a problem in South Africa as the drug Tik but still taken throughout the country and often smoked as crack. Named crack because of the way it crackles and snaps when heated and smoked by a user through a pipe, the effects hit the user quicker and more intensely than the powder form but are usually more short-lived. Anxiety, paranoia, irritability, argumentative, extreme weight loss, lack of appetite, impaired judgement and hyper sexuality are all symptoms and side effects of a cocaine drug addiction and indications that a person is taking something even though it may not necessarily be cocaine.