• 💊 OTHER DRUGS 💊 Welcome Guest
    Posting Rules Bluelight Rules
    Notable Threads 1 Notable Threads 2
    Dangerous Combos Addiction Support
    Emergency Services Benzo Guide v.1
    Addiction Stories Scary Case Studies
    Biology, Pharmacology & Drugs 101
  • Select Your Topic Then Scroll Down
    Alcohol Bupe Benzos
    Cocaine Heroin Opioids
    RCs Stimulants Misc
    Harm Reduction All Topics Gabapentinoids
    Tired of your habit? Struggling to cope?
    Want to regain control or get sober?
    Visit our Recovery Support Forums

How bad is coke for you REALLY??

X

xalex

Bluelighter
Joined
Sep 11, 2005
Messages
25
:\ I've tried it quite a few times and once in a while use it in moderation for a few days in a row....but its like a half a gram lasts a week if I were to use for that long. Like i said im not heavy into it, but i do feel the stress that it puts on the heart and obviously raises blood pressure and temp.

I also know about the direct effect the cocaine has on the heart and its cardiotoxic effect over time, but does doing small amounts of coke in moderation pose that much of a risk for a college aged lean male with no prior medical illnesses that are relevant?

Thanks for any input, Im not trying to justify its use or safety, but I cant find any posts in TFSE that refer to its use in moderation, only in addiction.
 
No level of drug use is perfectly safe, but if you have no underlying/undetected heart or psychiatric illnesses and you keep it at that sort of level of usage then it shouldn't really pose any serious problems - it's just not letting coke use get out of hand that's the problem
 
A half gram last you a week?
AHAHA.

whatever man. I dont think you do enough to have ANY effect on your body.
 
I was only doing between a half gram and a gram a day for a 2 week period and experienced a stroke. I'm sure this is rare, but its always possible for anybody. I'm sure I had some underlying stroke risk before hand, but I dont know - I've never been told of a family history of it and its never been mentioned in physicals.

It's unfortunate because I loved doing coke and now probably wont ever do it again, so do it in moderation - cuz its a damn shame when you cant at all.
 
^ Some people die 1st time with just a couple of lines of coke (due to having a genetic fault resulting in very little pseudoesterases that metabolize cocaine to benzoylecognine). It's rare (about 1 in 50 000 of the population) but it can and does happen.
 
Your use is quite moderate, my gf and I were debating how it was possible for someone to do blow every day and only go through half a gram in a week. Even if you're shooting it(in which case you would use much less every time you got high), that's like using once a day at the most for that week. Ay coke use is dangerous o course, but don't be too worried about it, at my worst I went through like seven times that a night...

jr0k
 
thanks guys for helping me out, yeah i snort it btw
I tend not to go to excess with the stuff, as if i do more than i feel comfortable with i end up getting too caught up in the paranoia of having my heart beat fast and what not..
 
Just because your shooting coke doesn't mean you use less. When you inject, you tend to go for the max. When you snort, you tend to go for smaller doses. If you want more snorted, people just redose. With coke, you don't exactly just redose without a second thought.

Depends how you use. If you use more than a line when snorting, then injection should be more economic.
 
PureLife said:
A half gram last you a week?
AHAHA.

whatever man. I dont think you do enough to have ANY effect on your body.
Click to expand...


great contribution to this thread. you must be a pretty hardcore/genius coke user to know that the amount this guy uses has no effect at all on his body. 8)
 
yeah I went with my friend to his dealer's house here in chicago, and under his coffee table there was a big chunk of drywall with a bunch of nugs broken out of it , and a mortar and pestle. He had been cutting the coke with FUCKING GYPSUM! Luckily, I had only done a line of it. My friend, though, was having chronic nosebleeds and all sorts of problems.

I'm not sure, but I think gypsum dust is about as bad for you as asbestos. My friend got kicked out of school so I never see him anymore, so I dont know his story. It was just lucky I wasn't old enough to be carrying a handgun when I found that shit out!!
 
I meant that by shooting it, you use less at a time to get a similar or usually much greater effect, it may be a bit shorter, but the rush is much greater. Shooting the same amount that most people snort in a small line will give you a much bigger rush.

As long as you don't start spending days on end awake and doing blow(that can get real bad for you real quick, I know...) you should be fine. you sound like you are responsible about your intake, and too afraid of the negative effects to let it get out of hand. Have fun and be safe.

jr0k
 
uacvax said:
I'm curious, does the coke high last a long time in those people?
Click to expand...

why dont you ask one of those people? oh wait, thats right, they're dead. i guess that would make it hard to find out...8(
 
^^ HAHA.

And to the guy that said snorting usually ends up in doing smaller doses...not so sure about that..depends on the quality of the blow..but I love racking up a nice big phat hollywood line :)
 
CreativeRandom said:
Just because your shooting coke doesn't mean you use less. When you inject, you tend to go for the max. When you snort, you tend to go for smaller doses. If you want more snorted, people just redose. With coke, you don't exactly just redose without a second thought.

Depends how you use. If you use more than a line when snorting, then injection should be more economic.
Click to expand...

agreed... the only time i ever thought i was going to die from a drug was when injecting coke.
 
cire113 said:
i think it depends if your cocain is cut or relatively pure

That makes a HUGE differnece
Click to expand...

If it's an inactive cut the only problem resulting from the cut is damage to the nose. Now if it's an active cut, especially another stimulant like ephedrine or amphetamine, then it becomes more of a problem.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top