Cocaine effects the body in many ways, which in turn causes cocaine effects to be very dangerous by putting your body at risk. There are many cocaine effects that will be discussed in the following summary that can be grouped into two distinct categories, short and long term effects. Short-term cocaine effects appear almost immediately after a single use. While long-term cocaine effects can appear at different times after an extended time of use, all depending on the duration and amount of cocaine used.

The short-term effects of cocaine will be noticed right away which in some cases of use can cause serious bodily damage and in some cases lead to death. Cocaine-related deaths are often a result of cardiac arrest or seizures followed by respiratory arrest.* Increased energy, decreased appetite, and increased heart rate and blood pressure are some short-term effects that will be noticed by most first time cocaine users.  

Short-term Cocaine Effects:

The increased energy sometimes referred to as a rush draw many first-time users to try cocaine. The quick high will keep you up longer and can increase your endurance in many physical activities. Some people who are new to cocaine try it to increase work productivity to work longer hours and be supposedly more creative. Although this might work at first it tends to lead to increased usage that leads to becoming addicted.

Some take this at first as a way of dieting. Models have been known to take it so they will not eat. Decreased appetite is common for most cocaine users. Users can go for days without eating while using this drug. This can also lead to addiction.

Increased heart rate, blood pressure, constricted blood vessels, dilated pupils, and increased temperature are all short-term physiological cocaine effects. Large doses of cocaine will intensify the users high, which in turn sometimes cause the cocaine user to display erratic and violent behavior.

Long-term cocaine effects come into play as cocaine abuse continues and tolerance builds. Cocaine is a highly addicting drug, which can lead to enormous medical complications. Some of these complications are as follows: heart disease, which can lead to heart attacks, respiratory failure, strokes, seizures, and gastrointestinal various complications. Some physical symptoms are as follows: convulsions, nausea, blurred vision, chest pain, fever, muscle spasms, and coma.

Some other long-term effects are lying to others about the use of cocaine, lying to one-self about becoming addicted, stealing to support the sometimes very expensive cocaine habit, and absenteeism at work.  

Long-term Cocaine Effects:

Many cocaine addicts develop a high tolerance for the use of cocaine with continued use of the drug. Seeking the high that was involved with the first use of cocaine is common among cocaine addicts. The reality of drug addiction is that this high will never be felt again and some addicts chase this for years causing them to lose everything.

Cocaine treatment is an important step in the recovery of the cocaine addict undergoing cocaine treatment. Cocaine treatment can save the life of you or someone you love. Cocaine treatment is a process that is as important as it is powerful. The power that cocaine treatment has comes from all who are involved in the process.

This process of cocaine treatment addresses all aspects of cocaine addiction. The first stage is to rid the body of the chemical called cocaine. We do this in a controlled detox environment. This detox is the only way we can begin salvaging the addict from the bonds of cocaine addiction. We have many years of experience detoxing cocaine addicts and have found our methodology to be the most painless efficient procedure offered anywhere.

Once the patient has gone through the process of detox the next step of cocaine treatment occurs. This is the repairing of the abuser's physical being. We do this many different ways. These ways range from a simple walk on the beach to as complicated as the meal plan setup by the in-house nutritionist. Before we can address the inner being of the patient, we feel we must address the physical being.

Now that the physical aspect of treatment is underway, we begin the most important part of the treatment process, the emotional. We address the emotional part of cocaine treatment many different ways. We offer one-on-one counseling in order to help the addict straighten out the mental damage cocaine has done. We also offer group counseling; this enables us to address the issues the addict has with dealing with people sober. We also offer family counseling. Family counseling gives us the ability to help mend the broken ties that cocaine addiction has left in its destructive path.

While all of these things are occurring the mental aspect of cocaine treatment is happening. Through all of our programs and groups, the addict is beginning to gain control of his/her thoughts once again. We find this to be extremely important in the cocaine treatment process.

Cocaine treatment is an intricate process that contains many different phases. Here at Spencer Recovery Centers we have setup a program to address all of them. It is important to us that the addict gets the treatment he/she needs.

Cocaine addiction is a disease, and in treating a disease we must face all of the symptoms. We at Spencer Recovery Centers understand this and are ready to tackle the toughest of problems we face when attacking a disease as powerful as cocaine addiction. In our facilities and with our trained staff we can begin the cocaine treatment process. Our cocaine treatment program is ready to take an addict and turn them around into a brand new person. Freed from the perils of cocaine addiction.