How do heroin and cocaine affect the body?

Answer 1

The three main things that happen are: heart problems, convulsions and respiratory problems. As for heart problems, you can experience high blood pressure and arrhythmias. Sometimes the high blood pressure can get so out of control that it can cause bleeding in your brain, leading to death. The convulsions can also cut off supply to your brain causing brain damage or death. And respiratory problems are obvious...if you aren't breathing, none of your body is getting oxygen. Not a good situation.

Answer 2

As your heart beat slowly goes down other organs start to fail mainly your central nervous system it controls your ability to breath. Once it starts to fail you fall into a coma like state and you don't wake up. That's the best I can tell you.I have lost 5 friends from this poison as the 5th passed yesterday! If you know someone on this or any drug of abuse let them know if you can help.

Answer 3

The same thing that happens to your body when it dies from any other cause. It begins to decompose. If you mean, how do heroin and cocaine kill you?, then the answer is, you stop breathing from the heroin, and the cocaine will either cause you to have a heart attack, or a stroke

Answer 4

In my very unhappy, and horrible addiction, the few and too many people ive seen, usually start out becoming very dizzy and faint, and are constantly in and out of consciousness, from there, usually loss of consciousness, pale face, lips turn blue, possible seizures, and vomiting if still conscious. In any event and suspected overdose of any drug, call your local emergency number, and get the person help right away, You may get in trouble for using drugs, but whats worse, Facing Assisted murder, manslaughter charges, or a charge for being under the influence?

Answer 5

I overdosed 6 months ago. While i was overdosing i honestly didn't know what was going around me...some things i could understand but mostly i couldn't tell the real from the fake.

The lasting effects is sometimes certain sounds trigger a flashback at times i still feel like there is a train in my head. I still have nightmares..and sometimes i still have chest pains. but other then that the doctors say i am fine.