How Does Cocaine Affect the Brain? – How Drugs Work, Cocaine, Preview – BBC Three

How Does Cocaine Affect The Brain? – How Drugs Work, Cocaine, Preview – BBC Three – More about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk This CGI animated sequence demonstrates how cocaine effects the user’s brain.

Recreational Cocaine Users at Higher Risk for Heart Issue

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The heart abnormalities were found in recreational cocaine users long after the effects of the drug wore off, researchers said in a study presented today at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in Los Angeles. The research was inspired by a …
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Higher heart attack risk for cocaine users

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The team noticed a surge of cocaine-related heart attacks at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital which lead to the team to develop the study. Previous studies have shown the effects of cocaine on the heart among regular users and addicts but not those …
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Treating cocaine dependence: A promising new pharmacotherapy

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They found that the participants receiving the combination treatment achieved three weeks of continuous abstinence from cocaine at a rate twice that of placebo (33% versus 17%). There was a significant moderating effect of the total number of cocaine …
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