another cocaine ? (you were all so helpful last time)

[beantown33]

Hi Everyone:

You were all very helpful the last time i posted a question...thank you very much.  I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and i'm planning on getting some blood tests done.  At this point, I just want to know but I still am unsure of the risks of contracting HCV through snorting cocaine...I've only used a couple of times but am still extremely nervous.  My questions are:

1) Did any of you ever have prolonged headaches for a whole week after using (it was a decent amount and i am relatively inexperienced)?

2) Can HIV be transmitted through snorting (if so I may get checked for that as well)?

3)Is there a good chance I contracted HCV from snorting and that is why i'm experiencing headaches, sleeplessness, some itching, some tingling etc.?

Thanks so much...I'd be going (even more) crazy if it wasn't for all of your help

3)

[LvdByGod]

could be the headache is from sinus problems from the snorting of foriegn substances. i used to do drugs and coke was my drug of choice. whenever i used a bad quality of cocain i got intense nose and sinus reactions and severe headaches...

i'll bet this is whats going on with you...this on top of old fashioned fear induced stuff... this could be the sleep problem... your scared to death.

i'm sure you will never do drugs again (at least i hope and pray for you that you won't)...you seem too smart and consciencous for that...it was the dumbest thing i ever did and now my lifes at stake for it...

sandi

ps beantown, please keep us informed of your test results... go ahead and get tested for hepc and aids...it sure won't hurt you and it will give you peace of mind too... i'm sure your sleep will return after that and your sinus' will soon do better too... you may want an antibiotic for them... be sure to tell your dr the truth...they can handle it...

[beantown33]

Thanks I am going to the doctor tomorrow...I think this forum may have confirmed everything I read on the internet which many of you posted...I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes...Thanks!

[Upbeat]

Wow
     It is well documented that snorting accounts for a large percentage of hcv transmission. When trying to determine how I got it and blood transfussion and needles were eliminated the next question asked by my liver doc was snorting.

                                                        Ron

[NYgirl]

Said: In my case I MORE than likely got it because I lived a risky lifestyle.




That is the most important statement of all and as long as we know that we have it...and try and fix it...it helps me feel as though I am atoning for the sins of youth (and I am GRATEFUL I know I have it after NOT KNOWING for so very long).

[FlGuy]

Hopefully you did not contract any disease. But, keep in mind that the coke that went up your nose was not pure. It was diluted with something which could include talcum powder, flour, salt, corn starch, baking powder or soda or who know's what else. It did not come to you from a pharmacy college graduate and was probably not FDA inspected or approved. You control what goes in.  Let's hope you head does not explode.

[GoofyDad]

<i>people tend to PROGRESS in their heavy addiction and that generally means from SNORTING to SYRINGES</i>

I would venture that the vast majority of people who took a whiff of blow never went on to to be IVDUs.

I would also guess that there are many, many more folks who did a little coke somewhere along the lines (sorry) than there are IVDUs.

Yet, IVDU is an obvious and certain mode of transmission, vs snorting which remains somewhat controversial. Apparently, if snorting is a mode, it is much, much less efficient than IVDU, and somewhat unlikely on a case by case basis.

I strongly suspect that there is an unidentified transmission route out there that makes up for so many undefined cases.

NYgirl, curious how you established that you've had HVC for 25 years?