Cocaine Information

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Glossary: Cocaine Detox and Treatment

Information on Cocaine Detox & Treatment

Cocaine is a class of drugs know as a stimulant (similar to amphetamine).

WHat happens when you stop taking cocaine?

Abrupt cessation of cocaine use ....

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Glossary: Cocaine Addiction

Cocaine is one of the most commonly abused stimulant drugs.

What is Cocaine?

Cocaine is classed by the medical preofession as a stimulant drug. However it is also known on the street as a recreational drug. ....

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Information Article: Cocaine addiction

Cocaine use is highly addictive. Cocaine is one of the most misused drugs. Cocaine addiction can occur relatively quickly and, like all drug addiction, cocaine addiction is serious. Cocaine is illegal and a class A drug. Cocaine can be ....

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News Article: Cocaine addiction linked to voluntary drug use and cellular memory

that voluntarily use Cocaine show a persistent cellular memory in the brain's reward centre even after several months of abstinence from the drug, while their involuntary counterparts had no such memory, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.

The researchers conclude that the pharmacologic ....

Article published on 29/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Understanding addiction mechanisms is the key to designing efficient therapy

... underlying this phenomenon is the key for designing efficient therapy. Two separate studies published by Cell Press is the August 14 issue of the journal Neuron identify specific Cocaine-induced changes in dopamine (DA) neurons that play a pivotal role in behaviours associated with drug addiction.

DA neurons in an area of the brain called the ....

Article published on 12/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: The Treatment Outcomes Profile

... interview by 163 key workers.

The findings were that twenty outcome measures met inter-rater reliability criteria, including:
• days used alcohol, opioids, crack Cocaine, Cocaine powder, amphetatines, cannabis, and one other named substance
• days injected and period prevalence of direct or indirect needle/syringe sharing

Article published on 09/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Brains reaction to self administered cocaine differs

... study, published by Cell Press in the July 31 issue of the journal Neuron, examines the brain's reward circuitry and details strikingly distinct influences of self-administered Cocaine compared to natural rewards or passive Cocaine injection.

Dopamine (DA) neurons residing within the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of the brain are a key part of ....

Article published on 09/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Addiction treatment proves successful in animal weight loss study

... be published online August 20, 2008, by the journal Synapse. Vigabatrin is currently undergoing U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Phase II clinical trials against Cocaine and methamphetamine addiction across the U.S.

In the current study, animals genetically bred to be obese experienced a loss of up to 19 percent of their total ....

Article published on 07/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Mechanism behind Cocaine Craving Identified

... research has shown that these cells become more excitable when a person takes drugs. To find out the functional meaning of this, these researchers used a mouse model for Cocaine dependence. When they blocked the cells' receptors for glutamate ¬- the brain's most important signal substance -¬ the risk of relapsing into addiction vanished. The ....

Article published on 06/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Cocaine: How addiction develops

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Addiction leaves detectable traces in the brain: in particular regions of the central nervous system, which produce the messenger substance dopamine, the drug Cocaine causes molecular restructuring processes at the synapses, the points of connection between two neurons. As a reaction to the drug, protein subunits are exchanged in ....

Article published on 05/08/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Research shows those who are fit fight drugs better

... with three Davidson student research assistants- Karl Schmidt, Jordan Iordanou and Martina Mustroph-all of whom graduated in May. They compared the tendency to self-administer Cocaine between two groups of rats. One group of rats lived in laboratory cages equipped with a running wheel, and the other group lived in a standard cage with no wheel. During ....

Article published on 15/07/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Pregnant substance users can deliver healthy babies with early treatment

... as women who were not using cigarettes, alcohol or other drugs. This is also the largest study to examine multiple substances: cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamines, Cocaine and heroin.

"This programme can happen everywhere and should become the gold standard for women who are pregnant and using cigarettes, alcohol or other drugs," ....

Article published on 09/07/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Impulsivity could be a key focus for future drug treatment

... study is important because it shows that impulsivity is a vulnerability characteristic that predicts a switch to compulsive drug use when individuals are exposed to and take Cocaine. Therefore, drug addiction is characterized by a shift from impulsive to compulsive behaviour.

"The study also shows that initial responsiveness to the ....

Article published on 16/06/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Broad Differences in Alcohol, Tobacco and Illegal Drug Use across Countries

... found that the United States had among the highest lifetime rates of tobacco and alcohol use and led in the proportion of participants reporting cannabis (marijuana) or Cocaine use at least once during their lifetime.
The study, led by Dr. Louisa Degenhardt of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and colleagues, looked at ....

Article published on 01/06/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Researchers explore new treatment options for cocaine addiction

at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston are studying a number of medications which could help addicts to recover from Cocaine dependence. The researchers are looking at ways to restore the fragile balance of chemicals or neurotransmitters in the brain destroyed by Cocaine abuse.

F. Gerard Moeller, Ph.D., professor in the ....

Article published on 24/05/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Molecular Fingerprint Of Cocaine Addiction Revealed

first large-scale analysis of proteins in the brains of monkeys addicted to Cocaine reveals new information on how long-term Cocaine use changes the amount and activity of various proteins affecting brain function.

The identified changes are more numerous and long-lasting than previously thought, which may provide a biological explanation ....

Article published on 03/05/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Subconscious cues 'can trigger drug cravings'

... the study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Nida), researchers presented drug addicts with drug-related pictures such as those of crack pipes and chunks of Cocaine.

Despite the pictures being flashed up so quickly that the patients were not consciously aware they had seen them, it was found that the subconscious cues ....

Article published on 31/03/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Doctors warned to check young patients for cocaine use

American health agency has warned doctors to check younger patients who display symptoms of chest pain for Cocaine use.

In a publication in Circulation Journal, the American Heart Association called for physicians to ensure they find out if patients who are exhibiting chest pain have used Cocaine in order to make sure that suitable drugs are ....

Article published on 20/03/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: New research could further understanding of reasons behind cocaine use

research could enable scientists to better understand how to combat the emotional motivations of Cocaine use.

A study published this month in the journal Neuron reveals findings of experiments with rats where their negative reactions to Cocaine appear to echo those experience by humans.

During the experiment, it was found that despite ....

Article published on 13/03/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: 'One-fifth' of US students abusing prescription drugs

... drugs.

Carol Boyd of the University of Michigan's Substance Abuse Research Center said: "They perceive prescription medications as safer than street drugs such as Cocaine and heroin despite the fact that the stimulants and the opioids (painkillers) are just like Cocaine and heroin. And they're very easy for them to get," reported the ....

Article published on 07/03/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Research: Heart drug could combat cocaine cravings

research indicates that a common heart drug could offer a solution to combating Cocaine cravings.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School looked at the effect of diltiazem, a drug usually used to treat high blood pressure, on rats.

The study found that the drug reduced the animals' Cocaine ....

Article published on 29/02/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Brain's role in cocaine addiction revealed

biological lack of willpower in the brain could hold the key to understanding why some Cocaine users becoming addicted to the drug.

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin claim they may have identified why some people suffer long-term Cocaine addictions while others are able to use it only socially.

According to Dr Hugh Garavan, brain ....

Article published on 27/02/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Addiction link with mental illness explored

... Chambers said addiction was often seen in people diagnosed with a mental illness and both were linked to the walnut-shaped amygdalas.

These ranged from smoking to Cocaine addiction and anxiety disorders to schizophrenia and depression.

Among the findings was highlighted data showing between four to eight of every ten people with ....

Article published on 23/02/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Research brings new hope for cocaine treatment

research has given hope for more treatment options for Cocaine abuse.

Scientists have discovered that rather than just affecting dopamine levels, known as the brain's "reward" chemical because it help control emotions, the drug also has an impact on brain metabolism.

This is the process by which the brain regulates its ....

Article published on 20/02/2008 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Brain link between mental illness and addiction discovered

... fear in an elevated maze, and kept socialising even when exposed to the scent of a predator.

"Crucially, these same rats also were significantly more sensitive to Cocaine after just one exposure. And rats given repeated Cocaine injections later showed even stronger expressions of the enduring changes in behavior - suggesting an overall ....

Article published on 04/12/2007 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Lindsey Lohan speaks of 'sobering' and 'humbling' experience in rehab

... entered a centre for alcohol treatment in August after a misdemeanor for drunken driving and Cocaine charges following two arrests.

In an interview with OK magazine she said: "It was a sobering experience."

"It was humbling. It made me ....

Article published on 12/10/2007 by Addiction Advisor

News Article: Sharp rise in City workers seeking alcohol treatment

... abuse and other forms of behavioural abuse," Marco Martinez, the clinic's business development director, told the Evening Standard.

"There is alcohol abuse and Cocaine is increasingly commonplace now. That's how people wind down after working in these macho environments," the director revealed.

Recent research by mental ....

Article published on 06/07/2007 by Addiction Advisor