A cocaine high is reportedly extremely pleasurable, leading to feelings of confidence, power and unlimited energy. However, the need for increasing amounts of cocaine to achieve the same effect leads many people who use cocaine into addiction. Mental Health Network Cocaine Treatment Coverage helps people with a cocaine problem to safely recover from the addiction.
In addition to the pleasurable sensations, cocaine also causes headaches, sweating, high heart rates, nausea, insomnia, weight loss and even seizures. Users often have hallucinations, engage in erratic behavior, lose interest in food, relationships or their jobs and can even lead to suicide. Cocaine use can cause strokes or heart attacks in otherwise healthy people by altering the balance of brain chemicals, hormones and neurotransmitters. People who use cocaine sometimes combine it with other drugs, and the combinations can be even more lethal than either drug used alone. If the patient suffers from addiction to multiple substances, Mental Health Network Cocaine Treatment Coverage offers effective rehab for abuse of other substances along with the cocaine rehab.
People with a cocaine abuse problem often go to great lengths to cover up their problem by lying to friends, family or coworkers about the reasons for their behavior. They often resort to shoplifting, robbery or selling their possessions to get money to support their habit, which increases their feelings of guilt and shame over the addiction.
If you suspect that you or a loved one suffers from cocaine addiction, look for these signs:
- Nosebleeds, sinus problems or sores around the nose
- Sleep problems
- Reckless behavior
- Bouts of whirlwind energy or elation followed by crashes or depression
- Paranoia
Cocaine can be taken in many forms, including inhalation, smoking or injection. Injection carries the additional risks of hepatitis B or C, HIV and cancer or liver disease. Smoking adds to the risk of lung disease, pneumonia and cancer. Cocaine addition wreaks havoc on a person’s body as well as their mental health, so if you suspect cocaine addiction, talk with your doctor about your Mental Health Network Cocaine Treatment Coverage. Your doctor will not be judgmental if you admit to a problem with cocaine. A physician’s goal is always to get the best possible treatment for a patient. Once you and your doctor are in discussion, the doctor can decide on the best course of treatment to help you through the cocaine rehab process.