Why is it bad for your heart if you take drugs that quicken the heart rate (cocaine for example), but good for your heart if you do activities that quicken the heart rate (jogging for example). Don't both exercise the heart?
2006-10-16 04:56:49 · 16 answers · asked by The Golden Child 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Your heart can only pump so much
You will have a heart attack
cocaine numbs the pain
It will ruin your nose permanently
Don't Do Drugs
2006-10-16 05:05:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cocaine (KOE-kane) is a local anesthetic. It is applied to certain areas of the body (for example, the nose, mouth, or throat) to cause loss of feeling. This allows some kinds of examinations or surgery to be done without causing pain.
Cocaine can cause psychological dependence (a strong desire to continue using the medicine because of the ``high'' feeling it produces). This may lead to cocaine abuse (more frequent use and/or use of larger amounts of cocaine) and to an increased chance of serious side effects. Cocaine abuse has caused death from heart or breathing failure.
Use of cocaine as a local anesthetic for an examination or surgery is not likely to cause psychological dependence or other serious side effects. However, if cocaine is absorbed into the body too quickly, serious side effects can occur. Also, some people are especially sensitive to the effects of cocaine. Unwanted effects may occur in these people even with small amounts of the medicine. Before receiving cocaine as a local anesthetic, you should discuss its use with your doctor.
Cocaine is applied only by or under the immediate supervision of your doctor. It is available in the following dosage forms:
2006-10-16 05:05:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gee you survived 4 open heart surgeries and you want to do cocaine, Are dumb or what? I don't care if it is 1 gram. So stop wondering about it. Not a good Idea
2016-05-22 06:26:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cocaine is a potent central nervous system stimulant. Its effects can last from 20 minutes to several hours, depending upon the dosage of cocaine taken, purity, and method of administration.
The initial signs of stimulation are hyperactivity, restlessness, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate and euphoria. The euphoria is sometimes followed by feelings of discomfort and depression and a craving to experience the drug again. Sexual interest and pleasure can be amplified. Side effects can include twitching, paranoia, and impotence, which usually increases with frequent usage.
With excessive dosage the drug can produce hallucinations, paranoid delusions, tachycardia, itching, and formication.
Overdose causes tachyarrhythmias and a marked elevation of blood pressure. These can be life-threatening, especially if the user has existing cardiac problems.
The LD50 of cocaine when administered to mice is 95.1 mg/kg.[18] Toxicity results in seizures, followed by respiratory and circulatory depression of medullar origin. This may lead to death from respiratory failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, or heart-failure. Cocaine is also highly pyrogenic, because the stimulation and increased muscular activity cause greater heat production. Heat loss is inhibited by the intense vasoconstriction. Cocaine-induced hyperthermia may cause muscle cell destruction and myoglobinuria resulting in renal failure. There is no specific antidote for cocaine overdose.
Cocaine's primary acute effect on brain chemistry is to raise the amount of dopamine and serotonin in the nucleus accumbens (the pleasure center in the brain); this effect ceases, due to metabolism of cocaine to inactive compounds and particularly due to the depletion of the transmitter resources (tachyphylaxis). This can be experienced acutely as feelings of depression, as a "crash" after the initial high. Further mechanisms occur in chronic cocaine use
2006-10-16 05:07:42 · answer #4 · answered by jen 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cocaine is bad for everything. Don't go there it is evil. But it doesn't quicken your heart like exercise. It can send your heart into deadly rhythms like ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. So, just go for a healthy jog.
2006-10-16 05:01:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
cocaine is a stimulant... not an circulatory exertion.
it has chemicals in it that harden arteries, cause irregular heart beat and restricts blood flow by shrinking arteries which leads to extra strain on the heart muscle.
jogging doesn't do that....
now if you jog and snort nose candy you can certainly experience rapid heart rate which could lead to irregularity in the pulse and could lead to fibrillations... and then coma... OR even death.
2006-10-16 05:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you exercise you gradually increase your heart rate. When you do drugs, you force your heart to make quick increases in heart rate.
2006-10-16 05:01:46 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Cassie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
coke puts your heart under strain and helps weaken blood vessels. exercise strengthens muscles including the heart
2006-10-16 05:06:18 · answer #8 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Increases heart rate, constricts blood vessels...
Too much can give you a heart attack... your heart can't handle the stress when you OD
2006-10-16 05:01:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
cocaine can make tour hart explode
jogging makes it pump at natural rate.
its like getting a tan
or gettin a sun burn
2006-10-16 05:00:11 · answer #10 · answered by bighcorleone 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋