Dangers and Long-Term Effects of Cocaine Abuse. Risk of overdose, damage to the nose and nasal passages, what are the long term effects of use? Cocaine addicts can develop a chronic runny nose and find that their ability to smell is impaired, and their ability to taste also decreased.
A cerebral vasospasm is the term used to describe when a brain artery or smaller brain blood vessels narrow. A blood vesselâs central lumen becomes narrow in response to the vessel wall contraction. This constriction prohibits blood flow.
In another study on. another change in the Fisher scale, there was higher in-. cidence of vasospasm in patients with diffuse cisternal. and ventricular hemorrhage, while mortality was higher. among patients with ventricular hemorrhage and intra-. cerebral hematoma13.