What are the Signs of Cocaine Addiction and its Treatment?

By: Jaquel Anderson

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Cocaine abuse has the potentiality of spoiling an individual both internally as well as externally. Cocaine has not only ruined the addicts’ family and social life but has also brought about tremendous changes in the addict. There are various signs of cocaine addiction in the addict.

Cocaine is stimulant which acts on the central nervous system. The brain is known to readily accept the intake of cocaine and allows it to pass through the brain. The routes for cocaine intake are: inhalation, injection, sniffing and absorption.

Information on cocaine addiction –

1. Cocaine has been shown to be such a powerful drug, that even short term usage brings about strong cravings. To keep the high going strong, the addict urges to take in more of the drug on frequent basis.
2. The yearning and craving for taking in the drug is known to linger and stay on to a couple of months and in severe cases to a couple of years.
3. Addicts have shown to get addicted to cocaine as soon as the first time, they try out the drug.

Signs of cocaine addiction are as follows -

1. The intake of cocaine in an addict causes a pleasurable sensation in the mind and thereafter leads to euphoria.
2. The necessity and requirement of both food and sleep is completely condensed in the addict. The addict after cocaine dependency is shown to become thin.
3. Warning signs which are quite visible in addict include;  Track marks on the forearms – found in intravenous users, weight loss, frequent sniffing, change in sleeping patterns, loss of interest in routine and daily activities, runny nose, red blood shot eyes, bouts of depression, change in friends, and frequent changes in behaviour.
4. A cocaine addict will be found to have no interest in personal appearance and would also want money on regular or frequent basis.
5. The brain functions in a cocaine addict have shown to change. After the brain gets used to functioning with the presence of cocaine, in the absence of cocaine the brain is unable to function in an efficient manner.

Treatment for cocaine addiction -

Action and treatment for cocaine addiction is different for every addict. No two addicts will adapt to the same treatment in the same manner. One requires being patient in regard to the entire treatment process.

1. Physical treatment: Physical treatment normally takes place in a rehabilitation center. Cocaine addiction brings about vast changes in the body of an addict. At the rehab center, the addict is made to opt for recreational activities such as walking in a soothing surrounding. At the center the addict is made to follow a balanced diet as well as indulge in sporting activities.
2. Detoxification therapy: During detoxification the addict is kept completely away from cocaine. Here the addict would have a doctor to monitor the progress and the withdrawals that the addict would face. While withdrawing from cocaine the user feels restlessness, irritability, paranoia and anxiety.

Once you realize that your family member or friend is a coacine addict, you must make that addict quit cocaine with the help of some cocaine addiction treatments and measures.

About the Author

Dr. Jaquel Anderson is a well-known psychiatrist and psychotherapist and has been in this field from1992. His psychiatry and psychotherapy help people with depression, panic attacks, anxiety, social phobias etc. Moreover, he has explored the treatment of stuttering and many clinics follow the same treatment for stuttering. He used to suffer from stuttering himself. He provides high quality treatment of drugs, alcohol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates and pathological gambling addiction by carrying serious physical and psychological examination.

 

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