Sunday, July 10, 2011

Cocaine Overdose May Lead to Death

Cocaine, not only kills you psychologically but also kills you even on the first try. As told by the experts, cocaine is one among the harmful drugs that causes sudden death. We all know that any thing beyond the limits is not advisable and not acceptable. The same thing happens in the case of cocaine too. This doesn't mean that a little of it is advisable. Any kind of drug, at any measure is not at all helpful for the body, in turn it is harmful. Small quantities may not lead to death, but they tend the abusers to the situations which are more worse than death.

While talking about the overdose of Cocaine, we cannot say that this much of cocaine is an overdose. It depends upon so many factors like physical conditions of the person, diseases he is affected with, intake of cocaine along with other drugs, along with alcohol etc., sometimes even smaller doses lead to death. Since, Cocaine is a stimulant it directly affects the nervous system by making the blood vessels narrow. When the blood vessels carrying blood to the heart and the brain becomes narrow blood pressure increases, which results in sudden heart strokes or brain damage.

Cocaine can be administered through different ways. It might be smoking, injecting, inhaling, sniffing or taking it orally. In all the cases we can find the amount of cocaine consumed except in the case of inhaling it. Sometimes it might be of small doses and at times it might be very high, leading to overdose. So, you never know how much amount you are taking, in case of sniffing. So inhaling cocaine is always dangerous. When cocaine is injected through the veins, it directly affects the respiratory system or the functioning of heart.

Even if the person is at his initial stages of abusing or using it for a long time, death might be during the next second or it may take a life time. Till the point they die, through out their life they are supposed to live with the dreadful effects which are more painful than death.




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