Drug Addictions Treatment

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Treatments for opioid detoxification, as for any other toxic, are aimed to achieve cessation of drug use by preventing or minimizing the withdrawal symptoms associated with this. Because the risk of serious complications is nonexistent, this treatment can be carried out in outpatient clinics, although, should be advised to start in a hospital, for any of the following circumstances:

- Existence of comorbidity.
- Pregnancy.
- Lack of external support.
- High dose.
- Rate polydrug use.

The more effective is to detox, then the easier it is patient adherence to addiction and rehabilitation programs. There are basically four pharmacological strategies for the treatment of opiate withdrawal:

Methadone replacement therapy: the heroin substitute methadone, at equivalent doses is not accompanied by any withdrawal, may be administered orally that, being more lasting its effects. The methadone dose is half that which applies to heroin., This dose is lowered more or less quickly, depending on the needs, if the withdrawal withdrawal symptoms are best treated with benzodiazepines, clonidine, etc..

Detoxification provided with alpha-adrenergic agonists: Is treatment with clonidine, which does not control all symptoms, and produces drowsiness, dry mouth, fatigue, and restless legs syndrome as well as a great pressure. Treatment is initiated at low doses and are increasing, not to exceed 0.9 to 1.5 mg / day.

Daily use of one or more drugs: The deviant or delinquent behaviors associated with a lifestyle that leaves less room for other activities or interests that those seeking their consumption needs;

The isolation and multiple conflicts with their social environment;
The disengagement against everything that confronts them or prevent them to remain under the influence of alcohol or drugs;
Feelings of helplessness and even despair about the future;
The behaviors and attitudes of withdrawal, if not self-destruct (suicide).

Among those who have multiple social adjustment problems, many have become trapped by drug consumption patterns.

Alcohol (or joint) become indispensable to the relaxation period at the end of the day;Alcohol (or line of cocaine) became necessary for the performance or love to the commercial transaction; Alcohol for “passing” the emotion of a good or bad news; The poppy has become essential to achieve the sleep; The routine use to escape the loneliness;
The alcohol to fill the emptiness inside, etc.

It is not enough to stop eating for better work, it must identify the role played by drugs. Read the rest of this entry »

Drug addiction is a behavior that is to consume habitually or periodically, one or more psychotropic substances (drugs) may lead to addiction or state of physical dependence or psychological.

For some, addiction is a coping strategy that allows a person to anesthetize using psychotropic drugs, feelings of helplessness, failure, incompetence, that is to say that depression feeds despair or pain of living sometimes rooted deep within themselves since childhood.

For others, addiction is part of a hedonistic lifestyle, egocentric and antisocial adopted prior to their introduction to drugs, the pursuit of pleasure is the basis or purpose of life, at a minimum price of effort.

“Drug addiction is a multidimensional problem because it affects the physical and mental health of individuals, their social and economic life and, in some cases because they are likely to face justice. It is multidimensional because it has many causes and many consequences, it touches many facets of life of the individual and his environment and it affects the mental balance of the person, it interferes with the quality life’s relationships, that is to say in his roles as spouse, parent, brother, sister, son, daughter, employee, employer, Read the rest of this entry »

The Depression
In the event that there are disturbances in mood of drug addicts, such as depression, you should be careful because the risks are significant.

Those who offered drug treatment in the past discouraged the use of antidepressant medication, argumentantazo was not the right technique, that recourse was usually back to the substance. In short, we can state that the abuse of certain drugs arises from the need to self-treat mental illness. Vale clarify that abuse and dependence on a chemical can be fatal. Relapse after abstinence leads to a new addition.

Recommendations
The cases seek medical care are distinguished by certain examples we have detailed above. The important thing is to ask at the right time for an appointment with a doctor and discontinue forthwith the substance the addict, from this action pass to be clear about all the dangers of abstinence.

The negative consequences associated with drug addiction affect many different aspects of a person’s life. These consequences are diverse, but can be divided into two groups.

Health
Drug addiction causes or is involved in the appearance of various diseases, damages and organic and psychological problems. Hepatitis, cirrhosis, depression, psychosis, paranoia are some disorders that drug addiction causes and can become fatal.

Social
When starting the drug addiction, the person is no longer able to maintain stable relationships and can destroy family relationships and amicale. drug addiction can cause the person ceases to participate in the world, abandoning goals and your life revolves around drug addiction destroyed his surroundings. Also affected people surrounding adictoadiccion to drugs, especially those in their immediate environment, including family and friends.

Poor performance at work or in the studio
You get to the level of goals and plans to leave, using drug addiction as the only “solution”.

Economic consequences
Use of drug addiction can be very expensive, leading to the addict to spend all its resources to maintain consumption, even to steal the wealth of their family and friends. Read the rest of this entry »

When cocaine is introduced through the nose, start feeling the effects within a few minutes. These effects include: dilated pupils, increased blood pressure, the heart pulse rate and respiration, as also denoted a marked increase in body temperature. Also some regular users of the drug claim feelings of restlessness, irritability, anxiety and insomnia. In some people, even low doses of cocaine can create serious psychological problems. With high doses may suffer paranoia or experience what is called “cocaine psychosis“.

The occasional use can cause runny or blocked nose, while chronic aspiration can ulcerate the mucous membrane of the nose.

Although few people understand it, deaths can occur when injecting excessive doses, smoke or take drugs. The deaths are the result of multiple attacks suspension followed by respiratory and cardiac activity. Anyone addicted to this drug is subject to a fatal outcome when least expected, because cocaine in all its forms creates such physical and psychological dependence that consumers are using in increasing quantities in order to achieve the results we obtained in its inception, this being the cause of excess and therefore death from overdose.

Some of the immediate effects produced by smoking marijuana include: acceleration of heartbeat and pulse, red eyes, dry mouth and throat.

Adverse reactions:
A common adverse reaction marijuana is the acute panic anxiety. The affected person described this reaction as an extreme fear of “losing control” causing panic. Also can also produce paranoia and psychosis.

Hachis:
It is manufactured by extracting the resin from the leaves and flowers of the marijuana plant and pressing it to form sheets or plates. Hashish is usually stronger than crude marijuana and may contain from 5 to 10 times more THC.

They are impossible to see. Usually, the addict feels the first effects of the drug 30 to 90 minutes after taking it. Among the physical effects include: dilated pupils, elevated body temperature, increased pulse rate and blood pressure, heart, sweating, loss of appetite, insomnia, dry mouth and tremors.

Sensations and feelings change too. The person consuming the drug may feel several different emotions at once or swing rapidly from one emotion to another. Reverse the direction of time and consciousness itself in the individual. All these changes may cause fear or panic. Who consume can also experience: confusion, suspicion, anxiety and sense of inadequacy and loss of control.