Crack cocaine is a very powerfully addictive stimulant drug, and causes much pain in a person’s life.  Crack is a street name for powder cocaine that is cooked down to remove all of the impurities from it.  The rock or crystal like substance left over is what is called the crack, because when you smoke it, it makes a crackling noise.  The smoking of crack involves inhaling the vapors into the lungs, which is then rapidly absorbed into the blood stream and takes immediate effects on the brain creating a euphoric feeling.  Smoking crack is one of the quickest ways to feel the effects of the drug, and the user will experience a very strong high.  Crack is mainly abused in long binges and used very frequently within a relatively short period of time and at increasingly higher dosages. Before this sort of addiction gets too out of control, it is necessary to look for a detox center or a drug rehab center that can take care of crack cocaine addicts.

Adverse Side Effects of Crack Cocaine use

Crack cocaine is a very strong central nervous system stimulant that does increase the levels of dopamine in the brain.  This is what can make the detox period very difficult for a person.  When users stop smoking crack, they will experience a crash, and they will get very depressed and feel very powerful anxiety and paranoia.  A dependency and tolerance will occur, and users will increase their dose of crack to try and experience the same euphoric effect they got the first time they used.  The drug becomes a continual chase for the user, and this also will make the detox period difficult for the person.

Crack cocaine can have many different effects on a person’s health.  The use of crack will increase a person’s body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure.  Crack cocaine users can also experience a full blown paranoid psychosis, and this can even occur during the detox period.  Crack cocaine related deaths are normally caused due to cardiac arrest or seizure.  This is because the heart can only take so much when the user is using the drug.  Some crack users have explained an overdose feeling as if their heart is beating so fast it is going to explode. That is why the crack cocaine addicts need to get to a detox or drug rehab.

The detox period from crack will typically last one to three days, depending on the length of binge the person is coming off of.  The majority of time during detox the user is spending eating and sleeping, as they were doing neither when using the drug.  In some cases

are given to help calm the user down during the detox period.  This is not normally needed for as long as the user is sleeping and eating and staying extroverted while detoxing.

 

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