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Researchers ID changes that may occur in neural circuits due to cocaine addiction
• Brain • • Cocaine Addiction • May 15 14
A research team from the Friedman Brain Institute of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published evidence showing that subtle changes of…
The skinny on cocaine
• Fat, Dietary • • Weight Loss • • Cocaine Addiction • Aug 11 13
Chronic cocaine use may reduce the body’s ability to store fat, new research from the University of Cambridge suggests.
The scientists found that cocaine…
Substance Abuse in prisoners
• Prison Health Care • • Cocaine Addiction • Sep 09 11
The United States now incarcerates people at a rate nearly five times the world average primarily because of drug offenses. More than two-thirds of…
Genetic Trait Could Triple Odds of Whites’ Susceptibility to Heavy Cocaine Abuse
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Cocaine Addiction • Dec 21 10
Nearly one in five whites could carry a genetic variant that substantially increases their odds of being susceptible to severe cocaine abuse, according to…
Anti-nausea drug may combat opiate addiction
• Cocaine Addiction • Feb 23 09
Treatment with the drug ondansetron may lessen the symptoms of withdrawal in people addicted to morphine, oxycodone, and other opiate drugs, according to new…
Drug-related preference in cocaine addiction extends to images
• Cocaine Addiction • Nov 17 08
When given a choice between viewing pictures of cocaine and a variety of other images, cocaine addicted individuals, as compared to healthy, non-addicted research…
Cocaine addicts’ brains predisposed to abuse
• Cocaine Addiction • Oct 09 08
Cocaine addicts may have brain deficits that predispose them to drug abuse, and abusing drugs appears to make matters worse, U.S. researchers said on…
Study finds abnormalities in cerebral cortex of cocaine addicts
• Addiction • • Cocaine Addiction • Oct 08 08
A brain imaging study carried out at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals abnormalities in the cortex – the outer surface of the brain –…
Study examines use of opioids
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Aug 27 08
Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found that in a given week, over 10 million Americans are taking opioids, and more than…
Research reveals molecular fingerprint of cocaine addiction
• Cocaine Addiction • May 27 08
The 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…
Research sheds new light on heroin addiction
• Cocaine Addiction • May 14 08
Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the…
Marijuana use on the rise among Ontario adults, CAMH reports
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Apr 14 08
Despite positive substance use trends, tobacco and alcohol still have high costs to society
While this CAMH Monitor eReport reveals some promising substance use…
Your Baby’s Brain on Drugs (And Alcohol and Tobacco)
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Cocaine Addiction • Apr 08 08
Although behavioral studies clearly indicate that exposure to drugs, alcohol and tobacco in utero is bad for a baby’s developing brain, specific anatomic brain…
Research Suggests Long-term Effects of Fetal Cocaine Exposure
• Cocaine Addiction • Apr 08 08
Are the estimated 1 million young adults who were exposed to cocaine before birth more vulnerable to drug abuse today? New research indicating long-lasting…
Environmental enrichment can reduce cocaine use, researchers find
• Cocaine Addiction • Apr 07 08
Simple environmental enrichment and increased social stress can both affect the level of individual drug use, according to new monkey research at Wake Forest…
Animal research suggests new strategy for treating cocaine addiction
• Cocaine Addiction • Apr 07 08
New research in monkeys suggests the feasibility of treating cocaine addiction with a “replacement” drug that mimics the effects of cocaine but has less…
Curing addiction with cannabis medicines
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Mar 08 08
Smokers trying to quit in the future could do it with the help of cannabis based medicines, according to research from The University of…
Withdrawal from Opioids
• Cocaine Addiction • Mar 06 08
Opioid-withdrawal syndrome resembles a severe case of influenza. In addition, the symptoms include pupillary dilatation, lacrimation, rhinorrhea, piloerection (“gooseflesh”), yawning, sneezing, anorexia, nausea, vomiting,…
Management of Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal
• Cocaine Addiction • Mar 06 08
Each year in the United States, approximately 8.2 million persons are dependent on alcohol and 3.5 million are dependent on illicit drugs, including stimulants…
The Cocaine-Abused Heart: Question and Answers
• Cocaine Addiction • Mar 06 08
A 34-year-old African American man came to the emergency department (ED) complaining of chest pressure and shortness of breath, 2 hours in duration. He…
Cocaine-Induced Dysrhythmias
• Cocaine Addiction • • Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use • Mar 06 08
The cardiac dysrhythmias that may occur with cocaine use are listed in Table 3, but the precise arrhythmogenic potential of the drug is poorly…
Cocaine-Induced Myocardial Dysfunction
• Cocaine Addiction • • Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use • Mar 06 08
Long-term cocaine abuse has been reported to cause left ventricular hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction. Several reports have described dilated cardiomyopathy in long-term cocaine abusers,…
Cocaine, Cigarette Smoking, and Alcohol Use
• Cocaine Addiction • • Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use • Mar 06 08
Many patients with cocaine-associated angina pectoris or myocardial infarction are cigarette smokers who admit to smoking while using cocaine. Cigarette smoking induces vasoconstriction of…
Cocaine-Related Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction
• Cocaine Addiction • • Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use • Mar 06 08
In 1982, Coleman et al. reported an association between cocaine use and myocardial ischemia and infarction. Subsequently, many reports have documented cocaine-related myocardial ischemic…
Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use
• Cocaine Addiction • • Cardiovascular Complications of Cocaine Use • Mar 06 08
The deaths of several celebrities in recent years in association with the nontherapeutic use of cocaine have focused widespread attention on the problem of…