Intravenous drugs {cocaine, anesthetic} can bind to opiate receptors, reduce acetylcholine and substance-P release, and reduce pain. Cocaine maintains consciousness and can be a local anesthetic [1884].
stimulant
Cocaine, from coca leaves, affects sublenticular extended amygdala. Cocaine releases norepinephrine and dopamine from vesicles. Cocaine and other such stimulants affect synaptic transporter protein and so prevent dopamine and other catecholamine uptake into presynaptic terminals. Cocaine is a stimulant and euphoriant. It is not addictive [Earleywine, 2002] [Grinspoon and Bakalar, 1993]. Butyrylcholinesterase blood protein catabolizes cocaine.
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