The effects of cocaine may be acute or chronic.

The most important acute effects of cocaine are: euphoria, logorrhea, excitement, reduction of tiredness, vasoconstriction, hypertension, tachycardia, anorexia, and mydriasis (pupil dilation).

The chronic effects of that drug are: paranoia, psychotic episodes, visual and tactile hallucinations, delusions of parasitosis, dyskinesias, arrhythmia, stroke, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary edema, weight loss, and nasal septum perforation.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)