British Columbia cocaine rehab

The search for a cocaine rehab in British Columbia can become a baffling experience for you.  While trying to find the right treatment for yourself or a loved one you come across many opposing answers to questions such as; Which kind of cocaine rehab program is the best? What should be the duration of the cocaine rehab treatment?  Should the rehab program be residential or outpatient as well as the detoxification?

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Cocaine is an addictive drug derived from coca (a tropical American shrub grown for its leaves) or a prepared synthetically, used as an illegal stimulant and sometimes medicinally as a local anaesthetic.  It is a powerful stimulant that affects the central nervous system. It disturbs the natural process of dopamine which is a chemical messenger, dopamine is similar to adrenaline. Dopamine affects brain processes that control movement, emotional response, and ability to experience pleasure and pain. The build-up of dopamine causes continuous stimulation of "receiving" neurons, which causes feelings of euphoria, pleasure, increased energy and alertness. People under the influence of cocaine often do not feel the need for food or sleep. They also feel energetic and may talk a lot. However, depending on factors such as environment, dosage, and the manner in which the drug is taken, cocaine can have adverse effects such as violent, erratic behaviour, dizziness, paranoia, insomnia, convulsions, and heart failure to name a few. Long- term effects of cocaine include, but are not limited to strokes, heart attacks, seizures, loss of memory, and a decrease in learning capability. 

When a person takes cocaine, it causes a rush. There is between one or two minutes of intense pleasure. This is followed by five to 8 minutes of euphoria, then as the high comes down, an overwhelming urge for more, which may last for a day. When a user is between cocaine doses or halts usage, the opposite effects occur. The user is depressed and tired.

Cocaine is attractive to users because it triggers dopamine.

The first time people use cocaine and its effects fade, they want more. Such is the nature of the drug. The main reason cocaine use continues is the need to experience the "high" and the development of dependence. Dependence is, "the need to maintain a level of the drug in the brain to both satisfy the need and stimulate the reward center, and avoid physical withdrawal symptoms"

Types of treatment

Detoxification is the first step for all people wanting to recover, however this alone will not change the goal of a long term recovery. It will help with the initial withdrawal physical symptoms associated with the stopping of the drug intake.  Detoxification by itself seldom gets the addict to a long-term abstinence from the drug.  There are various kinds of treatments available. All treatments have an influence on the length of dependence and the severity of the individual’s cocaine addiction.

Effects of cocaine

As well as the aforementioned the effects of cocaine will vary form one person to another because of the person’s weight, health, how much is used and how it was taken, also if the individual is used to the drug and if cocaine is the only drug taken while using. The environment also plays a role, whether alone or among others.

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