User:Mr. Ibrahem/Cocaine use disorder
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Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is cocaine use in a manner that results in significant impairment.[1] This may involve taking more than was intended, ongoing desire to use, use resulting in work or school issues, and not stopping despite health problems from such use.[1] Other symptoms may include those of cocaine intoxication, cocaine withdrawal, psychosis, and weight lose.[3] Complications may include heart disease, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, muscle breakdown, and homelessness.[2][3] Use is associated with anxiety disorders and depression.[3]
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Other names | Cocaine dependence, cocaine addiction, cocaine misuse, cocaine abuse |
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Specialty | Psychiatry |
Symptoms | Taking more than was intended, ongoing desire to use, use resulting in work or school issues, not stopping despite health problems[1] |
Complications | Heart disease, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, muscle breakdown, homelessness[2][3] |
Risk factors | Adult ADHD, schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, other substance use disorders, unstable home environment[1][4] |
Diagnostic method | Urine drug screen[1] |
Treatment | Contingency management programs, cognitive behavioral therapy[2] |
Frequency | 0.4% of adults[5] |
Risk factors included adult ADHD, with 10% being affected, schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, other substance use disorders, and an unstable home environment.[1][4] The severity can be divided into mild, moderate, and severe.[3] Diagnosis may be supported by a urine drug screen, which may remains positive 3 days after a single use and 12 days after heavy use.[1]
The evidence for specific treatments is limited.[2] Efforts may include contingency management programs, which provides vouchers for avoiding use, and cognitive behavioral therapy.[2][6] No medications have been approved for this use.[6] Evidence for providing other stimulants is insufficient as of 2020.[2]
About 19 million people used cocaine in 2018 (0.4% of adults).[5] Use is most common in Australia, North America and Europe.[5] About a million people in the United States have cocaine use disorder.[6] In Uruguay 43% of people who used cocaine were considered to have cocaine use disorder.[5] Young adults are most commonly affected.[1][3] In the United States, in 2019, nearly 16,000 overdose deaths involved cocaine.[7]