I somebody started using speed to quit using cocaine, would that be an improvement?
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yeah because cocaine is prob one of the worst.. they are both class a drugs but out of the 2 speed is better. It doesnt have any come downs but it is very dangerous as it makes you hard speed up and if your body reacts you can die. Cocaine changed you hole personality. My ex boyfriend got himself in so much trouble though it.... he owes money to big people. It starts off as harmless fun every now and again but its addicitive and hard to get off.\n\nTry and make them stop everything.. drugs are illegal for a reason. I know that sounds boring and goodie goodie but trust me, i know people whos lives have gone so bad through drugs. I live in a society where drugs are a normal weekend thing... my friends are so different when they do this, and i cant bare to be around them. They look depserate all fighting over the last sniff or tablet! its horrible
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Try http://www.ca.org/\nOne cocaine effect, appetite suppression, is very popular for people looking to lose weight or maintain a low weight. Fashion models have been known to use cocaine in order to stay thin. Cocaine users often go days without eating and if this behavior is continued it can lead to addiction. Increased heart rate, blood pressure, constricted blood vessels, dilated pupils, and increased temperature are all short-term physiological cocaine effects. When taken in large quantities, cocaine will intensify the user's high and may cause violent and erratic behavior on the part of the user. \n\nLong-tem cocaine effects are noticeable as cocaine abuse continues and tolerance builds. Since cocaine is a highly addictive drug, it can lead to major medical complications and health problems. Some of the these complications include heart disease, heart attacks, respiratory failure, strokes, seizures, and gastrointestinal problems. Other physical symptoms include convulsions, nausea, blurred vision, chest pain, fever, muscle spasms, and coma. \n\nAs the habit of using cocaine becomes increasingly important, behavior such as lying, heating, stealing, absenteeism at work and denying the use of cocaine, is an evident side effect. While these behaviors are not directly related to the use of cocaine, these cocaine effects are often present due to the lifestyle of the addict. \n\nOther long-term cocaine effects include: \n\nAddiction\nParanoia\nIrritability\nRestlessness\nAuditory hallucinations\nMood disturbances\n\nWith continued use, many cocaine addicts develop a higher tolerance for the drug over time. Addicts are also said to "chase the high"; meaning they continue to use cocaine seeking the feeling they felt the first time they used it. For people addicted to cocaine and cocaine effects, this high will never again be felt in the same way, and this addiction can lead to insanity and death.
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Well if you are not used to doing meth you will not need very much. however by snorting it you will not feel the effects as fast as if u smoked it. I would start off with one line. If you start throwing up then u know u've done enough.
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When people use cocaine their main desire is have more cocaine. They are looking for that first good feeling they got when they first tried cocaine. They are more concerned with getting that high than eating. If you don't eat then you lose weight.\n\nUsing cocaine and having the urge to get more cocaine will cause you to do crazy things, especially if you don't have money to buy more cocaine. You do things like steel from best friends and family to find a way to get more money. You rob businesses and might even sell your body. Cocaine and the urge to have more cocaine will make you do degrading things. Things that you might never have thought you were capable of.\n\nCOCAINE IS BAD!!! Stay away from it if you never tried it and if you have used it get help before you fall in the gutter. Most users say "oh that will never happen to me". Guess what? It happens to all users when they run out of money!
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Maybe better. Without taking drugs. :D
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A lot of water. Eat nutritional foods and multi-vitamins wouldn't hurt. Don't let your friend get too hungry or too tired. It's hard for a person to quit meth, but never impossible. I've never done it, but my ex did, and still does. I'm glad you haven't given up on your friend. I think what your friend needs is in-care treatment.\n \n\nI have a link for you, but drugs for this are still being tested. I've only copy/pasted some of the information. Good luck.\n\nAntidepressant May Ease Meth Addiction\n\nNov. 23, 2005 -- The depression drug bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban, Amfebutamone) may help treat addiction to the stimulant methamphetamine, also called "crank," "meth," and "speed."\n\nThe finding comes from a small, brief study of meth users. It's too early to know if bupropion will become the first drug approved for treating meth addiction.\n\nThe study by Thomas Newton, MD, and colleagues appears in the advance online edition of Neuropsychopharmacology. Newton is a psychiatry professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
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I am  a 32 year old woman, I was recently diagnosed with adult add, I tried those drugs and had to stop. they are the same as speed. not good. the side effects are terrible and i went into severe depression when i stopped.(withdraw). I cannot believe parents would actually give their children speed intentionally
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Not me.  I just used good ole fashioned willpower to quit...best thing I ever did.\nI'm not sure I believe in this hypnosis solution, but hey, if it works for you, all the better!!\n\nGood luck!
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This is from Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders - 3rd ed. (2001):   \n\nBupropion, a "second generation" antidepressant, has also been examined for a possible role in cocaine pharmacotherapy. In an open pilot study, treatment with bupropion reduced cocaine use (Margolin et al. 1991) and attenuated several cocaine-induced positive subjective ratings during laboratory cocaine administration (Singha et al. 1997). However, a multisite placebo-controlled study failed to show that bupropion was more efficacious than placebo in reducing cocaine's effects (Margolin et al. 1995b). \n\nBasically, it's saying that Wellbutrin has been administered along with cocaine, but it's not clear that it actually helps with cocaine addiction.  It sounds like you're okay to take it, but if you don't usually use cocaine, why not wait a day before starting the bupropion, just to be sure?
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Duh, stop using drugs!
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This explains it all....\n\nHowever, if you need a serious answer - Speed over works your heart. Your friend will die of a heart attack if he is a regular user.  I bet he has the heart of a 70 year old. \n\nMedical Science dear.  Cut them open and look inside.\nIf he's been doing it this long, his body has probably gotten use to it. I'm not sure if you would see any external signs after 20-30 years of use (unless you take away his fun pills...then all hell breaks loose)
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cocaine is made from the coca plant.\n\nspeed is purely man made with nasty stuff like lye and other weird chemicals.
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Depends on if you are post puberty or haven't went through puberty. It reacts differently depending on that. If you haven't went through, it is affective for ADHD, but if you have then it reacts totally opposite and is a stimulant. Back when my cousin was a medical student, they were taught that Ritalin is sold on the streets as "speed". Prescription diet pills many years ago were just "speed". That is why so many homemakers got hooked on diet pills and it made a real mess for their lives. It really messes with your mind bad if you are past puberty.
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Cocaine and Crack\nCocaine is a white crystalline powder made from the dried leaves of the coca plant. Crack, named for its crackle when heated, is made from cocaine. It looks like white or tan pellets. \n\nStreet Names for Cocaine: coke, snow, blow, nose candy, white, big C\n\nStreet Names for Crack: freebase, rock\n\nHow They're Used: Cocaine is inhaled through the nose or injected. Crack is smoked.\n\nEffects & Dangers: \n\nCocaine is a stimulant that rocks the central nervous system, giving users a quick, intense feeling of power and energy. Snorting highs last between 15 and 30 minutes; smoking highs last between 5 and 10 minutes. \nCocaine also elevates heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. \nInjecting cocaine can give you hepatitis or AIDS if you share needles with other users. Snorting can also put a hole inside the lining of your nose. \nFirst-time users - even teens - of both cocaine and crack can stop breathing or have fatal heart attacks. Using either of these drugs even one time can kill you. \nAddictiveness: These drugs are highly addictive, and as a result, the drug, not the user, calls the shots. Even after one use, cocaine and crack can create both physical and psychological cravings that make it very, very difficult for users to stop.
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If your boyfriend is truly attempting and wants to kick the cocaine habit, his next step is to be admitted into rehab.  Obviously, he can't do it alone.  I know, I have been there and done that.  \nI think that deep down, you really don't think that he is going to kick this habit since you are talking to someone else.  Don't get me wrong, I am not downing you for doing so.  I can imagine what kind of hell you yourself go through, been there and done that too.  Another thing that you must face up to and realize is that this is having an affect on your children.  Those children are going to have to become one of the catalyst that will give him the strength to stop using the coke, but he, and only he, has to make that happen.  It will not be easy, it will not be anywhere near easy, but he can do it, but as I said, he has got to want to do it.  It is time for you to give him an ultimatum- either the coke, or you and the kids.  Tough love is the only way you will ever have a future with this man and it needs to start yesterday. It is time to stop being his enabler.   If he will not give up the drugs, then it is time for you to give up on him.  Today should be the deadline.  Good luck to you.
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well they have remove themselves from their situation entirely. it's really the only way. they can make new friends in new towns in a new state even. but they have to stay away from possible areas like bars, etc.\n\ni also quit cocaine cold turkey with relatively no problems. i feel lucky though that i could. and i'll tell you the same thing i would tell anyone else. Cocaine is the best stuff in the world and i will never touch it again.
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Temperance is the best way I can summarize it. I am very similar in nature when I do something I do it with everything I've got. My new addiction is Y!A  Find 2 or 3 things you like and divide your time equally among them.  You will have to use some restraint.  In behavior Modification there is this technique called interrupt and redirect.  For instance, if it is sexual thoughts that are bothering u today stop! think something different like I wonder if I h ave any new answers to my Yahoo questions?\nRe program your thought processes!\n\n:D Good Luck!