Cocaine & The Heart
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- In this video, Dr Sanjay Gupta, consultant cardiologist, discusses how cocaine use can effect the heart. Cocaine’s main effect is that it increases our sympathetic activity (flight or fight system) by increasing the amount of adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine and serotonin in the blood and therefore causing an exaggerated and prolonged activation of our sympathetic system. With regards to the heart, cocaine causes an increase in the heart rate and the blood pressure. Because it has the effect of narrowing the arteries, it can increase the narrowing in the heart arteries. This is also why the blood pressure goes up. What this means is that the user has a horrendous double whammy - the heart is made to ask for more blood and the blood flow is choked at the same time! Imagine trying to pressing down on the accelerator of your car with all the force that you can and blocking the pipe that takes the fuel to the engine at the same time. Imaging how damaging that is to the engine and how easily then engine can break down in that scenario. Another problem with this scenario is that it promotes stagnation of blood and therefore blood clots can form within the vessels which can then make everything worse. In this case, the heart can start suffocating as it does so it can go into funny heart rhythm disturbances which then make everything worse can prove fatal. In addition cocaine can also with interfere directly with the sodium and potassium channels in the heart and cause QT prolongation thereby predisposing patients to dangerous dysrhythmias.
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I used cocaine for 10 years. After 3 years I had a heart attack. I was never able to weight train again . Still I went back and did it for 7 more years after I recovered. now I am 75!! I'm building up my aerobic stamina to where it was decades before.I would like to have the heart health I had before coke! im blessed to be alive. I will keep you informed to how I am recovering my heart health as it is a miracle!! I love your channel!!
How were you able to do it for 7 more years? Damn good heart i guess
I have no idea…. But it was one of the greatest mistakes of my life!! I have to work hard to stay healthy every day!!
Prayer kept me alive
Wow the quality of these videos are getting scarily professional! Well done DR.!
Because of this information on this video I will no longer do cocaine thank you for this video you saved my life
I relapsed just yesterday! I hope you’re still staying strong!
youre doing a great job by describing how this drug works purely on the physical systems...next do amphetamine, ecstasy and alcohol! And also the big hidden drug that ruins natural energetics of the heart and often causes ectopics: caffeine - guys vote up if you want Sanjay to see this!
thank you..ill definitely do a video on the other substances that you mentioned
I agree as these drugs are used heavily by many of the younger generation
@@YorkCardiology Fantastic!
Thank you! Meth will kickstart your heart, just check out the Mötley Crüe song and you’ll know! It affects people different depending on route of ingestion, ie; nasally, smoked or injected, and lastly “hooping” which is through the bum/backdoor.
How about drinking tea a lot dok it is like Cigaret for me meaning I got to drink tea daily twice n I’m 55 years old ?
Glad you did this video, I hope younger people can hear your good advice!
I remember DARE classes in middle and high school and they had very little of this type of explanation. I just remember them saying it was addicting and will make you unhappy. I hope they have gotten more in depth and include this exact type of presentation in schools. Very concise.
Hi Dr. Sanjay,this is a interesting subject. I am glad you have done this one.You are so informative. If only people knew the effects!!! Thank you so very much.Kindest regards .
Wow got an email saying york cardiology just uploaded a video and I see the title is cocaine and the heart I'm really enjoying this new content
It is so helpful. Thanks doc!
Glad to see a new video!! Magnesium still seems to be helping me. Symptoms are less intense, at least in my mind.. lol.. look forward to your next video.. California pic sufferer.
You have a great personality doc.
Thank you Dr. Gupta. All the best to you, sir.
People should listen to this especially younger ones thank you Dr you're awesome healthy tips stay bless greetings to all 🙏❤️
Dr. Gupta, I have only recently joined your channel, but in short order, I have found them to be fascinating, informative, and worth rewatching many times to absorb all that you share. Thank you kindly for making these. May you make a few million more for the benefit of all who are interested. I am definitely a fan :-)
thank you so much:-)
My boyfriend took cocine for 15 years , he was a professional , active guy but would do drugs at times . He died at 40 from a heart attack right after he did cocaine .
Yanilia Boyer Sorry for your lose. Thanks for sharing this with others.
So sorry to here this. x
Yanilia Boyer thanks for sharing
Sounds like he was a smart guy damn. Idiot
My sons father has been using it for years. He just had a stroke.
Very helpful! Thank you.
Thank you I, will share this!
Thank you so much for this!
It was very interesting. I will pass this, and your you tube channel on.
I always learn something new from your videos. Thanks handsome man 😊
Very informative!! What about the effect of other drugs on heart???
Thanks Doc great information
Great upload!
Thank you doctor. Your videos are clear & your advice is very helpfull indeed. Alas, I have CHD & following a 4 way CABG was diagnosed (some time ago) with Grade A, heart failure. Following the CABG, I got an infection due to being allergic to the steel wires & so I was co-operated on to remove the wires & infection, I had so much post-operative pain for so long, that I ended up becoming addicted to opiate painkillers. I am now clean after 3 years, following Buprenorphine maintenance & then titrate, off the opiates but was wondering how much damage I may have done in terms of exacerbating my early heart failure? Many thanks.
Very good video
God bless you I want to know what Pocasset painkillers what it do to your heart
Thank you Dr Gupta
im a young man and i needed to hear this. no more for me even once in a blue moon bc i want heart health when i enter my later years. its true you get euphoria, but as you alluded, "never a feeling of total satissfaction. Thanks doc
Aye some people never touched a drop of alcohol or nicotine and still die of lung cancer. Some people can be abusing cigarettes till there 110 years old. You never know your own body as good as you think you do when using substances like coke.
Yea me to I just started feeling scared I got some 99% cocaine I cooked it into freebase and almost died and that brought me here just 4 mins ago ..
Is an rmi scan the solution to confirm the damage on the vessels ? Or how can it be tracked the most efficiently way, the damage ?
This was well done sir
Weird fact, I'm a recovering alcoholic who has never done cocaine. I have no idea how, I was offered it regularly back in my drinking days. For some reason I always refused, even thought I was often close to blacking out. Shame my self control wasn' so impressive when it came to whiskey, lol. But I'm sober now, so its all good.
I had very noticeable ectopic heart beats that were getting worse and worse this year. I started getting them last February. I have been a long-term alcoholic and decided to quit in April. The ectopics continued to get worse up until July when I quit taking my blood pressure medication (Diltiazem). My blood pressure was normal after quitting drinking, although it wasn't super high before, (130/90) at night and (120/80) when waking up. Sometimes much higher if I had anxiety.
After stopping diltiazem, I haven't noticed any ectopic heartbeats since, and my blood pressure sits around 110/70 at rest.
EDIT: I started Diltiazem July of 2018. Ectopics started in February and stopped after ceasing the medication.
spot on and well done! when young you think nothing can damage you. Hopefully this is food for thought and reaches people.
THANK YOU!
thanks Jake!!
It has me bro! Never again.. not worth it.👍
Dr. Gupta I suffer from a pulmonary AVM can you make a video on the effects it has on the heart?
I know this an old video, but due to cocaine overdose constricting the blood vessels would taking emergency heart attack medicine like ASA or Nitroglycerin be of any effect (opening the blood vessels) when someone is experiencing overdoes?
I was a heavy cocaine user in my late teens to mid 20’s. I first started getting heart rhythm disturbances back then. Dial it forward 15 years I have major problems. I did let my cardiologist know about my previous use and she shluffed it off like that didn’t matter. It sure does. Maybe she didn’t care because there isn’t anything that could be done now. This is a case of if I knew then what I know now, I probably wouldn’t have abused by body so badly back then.
Thank you for this video it answered the questions I’ve had for a very long time.
Its terrible the price one has to pay for mistakes whose long term cosequences are not known at that time.feel bad 4 u.but u could try yoga breathing techniques & exercises to at least start recovering some of the whole or maybe full.all the best.
@smurfmobile H what kinda of problems do you have. I used to use cocaine about 7 years ago I used cocaine again for the first time in 7 years about a year ago hope that makes sense. Amd recently have started having bad ectopics!!!
Chandra V yes I have been treating things for a few years now. Lots of yoga, meditation, breathing, I am also very active. I do cardio and strength training plus I try walk after dinner every day. Unfortunately I still have problems :( Although they did somewhat improve over the last 3 years when I made major lifestyle changes
S H I have PACs a lot of them, pvcs, tachycardia attacks. I can’t exercise to the degree I used to. I have to be careful how high I rev my heart
@@smurfmobileh707 great.happy to know that you are on the right path.keep it up.all the best.
Great job Dr, please if you can do a video series about echocardiograph
Do you have a video on long term use of Acetaminaphen ?
Can you do a video on the heart and theuroputic use of ADHD medications such as Ritalin or Adderall. I know that Ritalin is similar to cocaine but does it still habe the same effect on the heart? Worried because I take Ritalin for my ADHD but my heart feels funny yet my doctors all say it's anxiety...even after several checkups and an EKG.
It's sad that these types of drugs are referred to as recreational. Good info.
Wdym cocaine is a hell of a drug
You've never done coke obviously
Why do you think people use it?
I already subscribed. For general important info, nice channel.
Genius cardiologist~
Very interesting
What about attention deficit drugs such as Concerta and Ritalin. Do these drugs have the same impact as cocaine?
And I would like to see a video on what smoking can do to the heart your videos are great 👍
Love you Dr. Gupta ❤ Always the voice of reason 😊 I'm 47 years old and I have been offered to do a 'line' of cocaine a couple of times. I always live by the motto 'just say no'. Still very happy I did.
I wish I could come see you, I've not looked after myself. I live near york but couldn't afford to get an appointment
I've used a long time ago. And I had panic attacks. So yes. It's scary. And I never went back.
i just startrd having heart problems and thank you Dr for the info!
You explained the reason why I was given pharmaceutical cocaine as an anesthetic while in the Air Force back in 1979, right before all four of my wisdom teeth were extracted. The drug was administered in nasal spray form.
Do the immediate effects of increased blood pressure wear off? if approximately how long does that take?
Depends on how much you’ve taken
Recovering cocaine addict. The facts that this doesn't get portraid in the mainstream says alot. Great bit of information 👍
Do you also have pvcs? I have it for 2 years now, I just can't live with that.
Hi Dr do your have any advice on heart strengthening from pass cocain abuse
Generic but stay hydrated, regular exercise, good sleep routine, and good diet.
Wish I had known this in the 80s.
Thank you so much for educating us about cocaine use. Dealers don't put a warning on their package. "May cause death. "
Well medicine drugs you can buy legal put Warning on package and people still get sick and die from using them
They don't have to. People already know that drugs kill and yet they choose to use them
How do we get in touch with you Dr?
this was such an educational system
how loud are my heart palpitations, it feels like everyone in my appartment can hear them. can people in the next room hear them? what about on other floors? are they louder when i lie down or is it in my head?
Dr., have you tried it yourself?
Thank you Sanjay. I have always been curious to try cocaine with my friends but as I suffer with regular ectopic heartbeats and palpitations, i've always been too hesitant to join in as I was anxious that cocaine would make it worse, therefore I have always avoided it. You have just re-assured me that i've made the right choice.
Smart thinking Jordan. Be careful of your friends giving it to you as a joke. You could end up dead.
Drink fluids with electrolites they will help regulate your ectopics
Took me 30yrs to try it. Never had a problem with it but its "the party drug" for a reason. If you have the money you will chase that coke high more than you should. My honest opinion of someone who never touched it til i was 30, its EVERYTHING they show it is in the movies! Yes its amazing but dont even try it once! Period! Truuust me you dont want to go down the rabbit hole
Jordan Campbell don’t do Coke Try LSD it’s much safer and first few times just take Half, salute
Yes, you definetely did. I occasionally have mild palpitations and tachycardia and cocaine makes it 20x worse and it lasts until evening the next day. That is why i started to avoid cocaine.
Never used any sort of class A drug. The thought of what it could do scared me.
Thankyou....
Can you please do one on SUGAR & the heart. Please
I have been taking cocaine since my 20s. I am now in my late 30s. I can now feel the damage from taking cocaine. My chest feels weird. I have no energy. My weight has gained. The worst thing that nobody tells you about cocaine is the gastrointestinal problems is also causes.
What kind of GI issues are you referring to?
@@SuperMikeAttack heart burns, acidity, constipation etc
How does your chest feel these days?
How does your chest feel these days?
Low diastolic blood pressure ?
Hi doc.great community service.on a different note,what could be the safest stimulant! A bit unethical,isnt it.
exercise:-)
@@YorkCardiology had that gut feeling! Thanks for responding.
Ive been doing coke on and off for 7 years. I often wonder how I’m not dead yet lol...
Haha, kids...well I've been doing coca since college and I've NEVER had ay issu...................
Get back to life. No need for pretend highs. Living a real life is the highest and lowest you’ll get. It’s a true roller coaster ride. Learn to navigate it. It’s called the art of living.
you're already dead.
@@kittycat6195 well said
Doc how about drinking lots of tea ? I mean daily twice is that bad for the heart n I’m 56 ?
How would you know you damaged your heart I’ve gone to the hospital they say no damage was done but I’ve gain premature beats and flutters from cocaine use
I have the same problems. Premature heartbeats but no damage on the heart itself. But you feel the damage, something is wrong
@@garlicwithicecream4449 yes something is wrong
@@ddpthegang7412 how is it now? Any better?
@@garlicwithicecream4449 100 times better but two years ago at my worst
@@ddpthegang7412 thanks for the answer. Then there is some hope for me😊👍
What of the Weed
This is widly smoked in Gambia my addopted country.
It is grown so freely on one of our Islands
I understand it is now been passed to be on prescription for children in U.K. who have a high amount of fits ?
It seems to have a two sided sird?
Your opinion is sorted ?
Thank you for explanation
thanks
Ive just turned 39 and decided to leave it alone the heart definitely feeling the effects of it. The body gets so tired i mean it takes about a week to recover after a two day binge of alcohol and coke use.
How long and often have you been using .
@@MarioMartinez-tt9ly off and on since early 20s but id say through out my 30’s mostly on weekends party friday, Saturday sleep all day Sunday than back to work really didn’t faze me till got to the mid 30s thats when it was taking a toll on body and mind more. Last time i did it few months ago even a day or two after the heart felt like it was still a lil off im thinking i may have hi blood pressure now. Im eating healthy and sober now hopefully body heals itself and not to much damage has been done.
More and more cases of cocaine being mixed with fentanyl here in the U.S.
I have heart palpitations that I’ve never had before right after I inhale cocaine they happen once or twice but it seems to be correlated on how deep or hard I inhale and I’ve never had this issue before it happened the other day I can’t tell if it’s from the cocaine or my anxiety it happens even when I’m not doing it
ive tried this 3 weeks ago, ive been feeling quite fatigued the past week and im now feeling my heart ache. The left side of my heart seems to be the side where it aches, and breathing takes more effort than before. Also realised that sometimes my heart does beat faster but not all the time. I am a boxer, what should i do? will this affect my sport activity??
i had done it on the 17th and 18th of december, will this be reversable?
Do you have premature heartbeats?
Great video. Can you do one on marijuana? I’ve used it very infrequently in the past and it always caused tachycardia and palpitations. Friends say that’s not the case for them. One even advocated it should be good for my Afib!
me too , now im getting palpitations without drugs
Can u do one on the effects of Fentanyl on the heart? Lots of people are addicted to this drug these days.
What a frighteningly dangerous drug to be addicted to! But then again, they are All frightening and dangerous........
But with Fentanyl, from what I've learnt, it only takes a very tiny amount in doseage to over-dose and die.
Young people are so uninformed. If you'd tell these details to younger people who don't see cocaine as a dangerous drug... they might rethink again. Because just telling them "It's dangerous... you can die from it" is obviously not nearly enough. A brother to a childhood friend of mine died last night from a heartattack after the use of cocaine. He was 22.
Does adderall cause permanent damage too?
Mary High yes I’ve been wondering that have you gotten any answers yet
My sister in law take medicine for ADHA, she is very thin 168 cm, 43 kg. She walk for 2 hours day.
Still she had her first stroke at 41 and the second stroke at 44.
I know that she take very strong medicines for pain too.she's addicted to them.
Wonder if her stroke's had something to do with her medicines.
im 31 iv been doing cocaine since i was 17. probably twice a week since i was 17....now lately when i do it i feel like my heart is going to blow up. I went to the ER in aug and they did all the tests and said i was fine but iv done it 3 or 4 times since I was in the ER and i feel like SHIT the week after. like super paranoid for a week after that im going to have a heart attack. It sucks
what tests did they do if you don't mind me asking? x
Haha U what arrhythmias do you suffer with as a result? x
You're an addict. Get help
if it makes you feel better, I've had had the exact same symptoms as you with much much lower usage...basically a kind of "diminishing returns" to taking it where all the positive aspects are completely overshadowed by the very bad side-effects..
I'm 28 and have used it for an evening every 2-3 months over the past 3-4 years and have developed some pretty bad symptoms in the months following a single usage (random palpitations at rest and long recovery periods for heart rate to relax after basic exercise). I must have a predisposition that makes it not agree with my heart. Have just flushed what I had down the loo as it's just not worth shortening my life... hoping any damage I have done will repair itself.
Hows it going now im scared I won't stop
Yeah how are you getting on?
HI DOCTOR, IS COCAINE OVERDOSE MAY CAUSE RAPTURED AORTIC ANEURYSM?
cocaine overdose is bad news and i am sure it could contribute
I'd be so grateful if you'd consider subscribing to the channel Revy
best wishes
@@YorkCardiology thank you doctor.. but how about the timeline it may occur? Is it gradually or just one night?
Oh fuck here we go do I really want to hear this lol!!
Watched it, good vid thank you good info definitely not doing cocaine ever again
I use it for almost 20 years, I must be totally fucked
Tried it once on a Stag Party, was already inebriated which is why I went for it. Long story short, I felt amazing initially after taking it, the urge to do so manifested every 30mins or so to get back on the optimum feeling. Later that night I was sitting on a toilet and my heart was pounding with a feeling of pressure behind my eyes, couldn't get to sleep. Hopefully didn't shave off too many years of life.
was it worth it tho?
@@MrJetMango It was an experience that had dizzying highs and bone crushing lows. Not sure if it was worth it, for now it feels like I broke even, but if I lay dying of some cardiac malfunction at some point I may feel like I paid to high a price, although that feeling of regret may only bother me briefly given the circumstances.
Don't know about you guys but i started getting suicidal thoughts coming off coke so had to quit it completely.
I tried to learn a new word and failed. What sounds like "siqueeli"?
sequelae:-)
@@YorkCardiology Thank you. I'll file it under followup or sequel condition, something that kicks you when you're already down. My search engines couldn't fix my spelling.
I'll never understand the hype around cocaine, it's very expensive, short in duration and it's extremely difficult to do in moderation, I've maybe bought it a handful of times in my life and regret it each time, never really enjoyed it, just puts you on edge and makes you talk absolute garbage.
I loved it the very first times I used it. But I do feel that (like most things in life) the good effects realyl wear down over time with use. And then you start feeling it on the heart...but I will always remember the highs I had at the beginnig, even if short. Hard to parallel.
Can we see a video of coke vs meth and their effects on the heart? Also mixing cocaine or meth with alcohol or marijuana? I heard coke and alcohol when taken together mix Into a very toxic concoction in your liver?
Do I get permanent damage after using only once?
Depends. Some people use it a couple of times and they die. Some people use it for 30 years and nothing happens to them. It's crazy.
Na
I think it’s insane people are so stupid to put coke in their bodies. I’ve never touched it and never will.
dont judge unless you know the entire story
@@oliverhoor3034
STFU you weak minded fool.
@@electriceyeslide5959 oooooooooooo
This is kinda like when I would get taught about business marketing in college from a professor that never ran a business
Say you use cocaine without saying it
I know someone who has been abusing coke for over 20 years, in massive amounts.
They now have high blood pressure that won't go down even with medication
Is it too late for them to get better?
No damage showed up on a recent heart scan
I smoked a large amount of crack one night(was using a lot of drugs at the time)...my heart suddenly started beating over 200pbm...felt like a massive crushing weight was on my chest...couldn't breath that I could tell...felt like I wasn't getting any oxygen...half of my body went completely numb...lasted about an hour...just laid there wanting to die...called my parole officer the next morning and demanded to be put into a program
Damn dude. U survived a heart attack. Hope ur doing good now.
What painkillers do to your stomach
God bless you doctor and I got the can you answer me those two question that I asked about the painkiller for your heart and stomach thank you I will appreciate that
Any drugs will affect the nervous system, which can cause digestive issues. Also, drugs can increase chances of getting ulcers. Not worth it.
Mixing it with a bottle of whiskey probably ain't a good idea either
Actually its better
@@bwalk9070 Absolutely not, mixing alcohol and cocaine is never a good idea, mostly because of the production of cocaethylene in the liver (americanaddictioncenters.org/cocaine-treatment/mixing-with-alcohol)
A great time lol is what he meant
@@lolococo1355 so bad but they go hand in hand one always leads to the other
I dated someone who had two heart attacks from cocaine use and lost a friend to cocaine, and he was 21 …
Dam
He said "irresponsibly". In moderation you will be fine if you abuse it for years you will feel the effects later on in life
I feel like this is what happened to both Whitney Houston and June Pointer of the pointer sisters. Possibly Bonnie Pointer as well.
I’ve been on cocaine for 6 years. I would do it every weekend until I started having heart problems. I’ve became a raw vegan ands it’s helping me