Knowing about symptoms and signs of cocaine addiction
The notorious white powder called cocaine lead addicts into real misery. Described as a stimulant, it has become a serious threat for the lives of millions of people across the world.
The cocaine drug is ingested in different ways – through smoking, injection and snorting via the nose. Regardless of the way it is consumed, its devastating effects are the same.
Effects and treatment of cocaine addiction:
The short term effects of cocaine addiction include uncontrollable restlessness, irritability without any reason, anxiety and difficulty in sleeping. Over a longer period of addiction, it leads to extreme anxiety, delusion in sensory perceptions, fretfulness and severe personal discomfort. Physically, a cocaine addict suffers from high blood pressure, increased heart rate and fast breathing.
When a cocaine addict tries to stop consumption of cocaine they tend to suffer from confusion, hyperactivity, hallucinations, paranoia and impulsiveness.
Abdominal cramps, nausea, fever, chills and exhaustion are some of physical symptoms of cocaine withdrawal. Other withdrawal symptoms, when the addict attempts detoxification, include insomnia, depression, cravings, muscle pain and disorientation. To ward off the effects, many users turn back to cocaine and this is when the cycle of addiction becomes very difficult to break.
Early treatment for cocaine addiction can save an addict from its devastating effects. The treatment aims at weaning the addict from the drug properly. The first step in cocaine addiction rehabilitation treatment is to lessen craving with the help of medicines. Finally, the clinic makes use of family therapy, psychotherapy, counselling, education about drug abuse and relaxation training to treat the addict.
