Cocaine Use Linked to 'Profound' Metabolic Change
Cocaine Use Linked to 'Profound' Metabolic Change
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Long-term cocaine use causes profound metabolic changes that reduce the body's ability to store fat, keeping users lean, but setting them up for potentially dramatic weight gain during recovery, new research suggests. "Our findings challenge the widely … Read more on Medscape
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Cocaine Use Slows Fat Metabolism, Makes Recovery Even More Difficult
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Cocaine has long been thought to prevent weight gain in regular users by acting as an appetite suppressant, but new research from a team of UK scientists has found that the illegal drug actually has a metabolic effect that prevents the body from … Read more on RedOrbit
Apparently Cocaine Really Does Make You Crazy
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It's been proven that long-term use of cocaine causes serious side effects, but this latest study is bringing new urgency to the drug. Researchers studied the frontal lobe (the area responsible for memory, among other things) using live mice, and found … Read more on Refinery29