Alcohol addiction: It can be cured or not and what to look for alcohol treatment? Alcohol rehab center is only the center with all kinds of facilities is provided to the patients to come out of habitual intoxication. Most alcohol rehabilitation centers boast of state-of-the-art Facilities and a huge campus.At alcohol rehabilitation facilities like, the doctors are sent a weekly report of the patient's Progress and activities should be...more
Addiction Treatment Center for eating disorders In the recent years eating disorder has become very common among the people. But most people are not able to gauge the seriousness of this problem. If a person is suffering from eating disorder he/she may suffer from a lot of emotional as well as physical set backs. Hence it is best to realize the problem at an early stage and act accordingly. The first step to find solution to a problem is...more
Today is our fourth and final day on the subject of heroin use. Today we will continue to talk about the consequences associated with heroin use along with the subject matter of tolerance.A huge problem with heroin is the aspect of tolerance. Tolerance refers to the user"s inability to achieve the desired high with the same dosage he or she started out with. Sandy experienced tolerance to heroin firsthand. She would continually raise the doses of the heroin that she would take in order to feel like she did the first time she used it. However, she ever achieved that first high. Tolerance is dangerous! The more heroin that is put into the body, the greater the chances are of unwanted side effects and consequences. Overdose can also occur. Overdose is the worst possible consequence of heroin use. It is also, however, the most common. As noted, Sandy developed tolerance to the heroin quickly. This led her, again, to take higher and higher doses. Eventually, the addict will take a high enough dose that kills them. A high enough dose of heroin can suppress the respiratory or breathing rate until the individual stops breathing. This, then, leads to cardiac arrhythmias and finally death....more
Thank you once again for returning for this days discussion on heroin and its many consequences.The user of heroin will have a decreased mental function. In a sense, they will feel as if they are in a cloud. Their actions are often diminished. Theyre breeding can slow down, and in fact, many even shut down causing respiratory arrest. Sandy would...more
Thank you for returning to my website. Yesterday we talked about Sandy and her addiction to heroin. Today we will talk more specifically about the drug heroin.As with all other addictive drugs, it is amazing to learn how effective heroin is at masking the real root problem in a persons life. Heroin actually stimulates neurotransmitters in the brain...more
One of my patients gave me her testimony regarding her life on heroin. Her name was Sandy. Her testimony is quite compelling and I would like to share it with you today before we talk more in detail about the drug heroin.Sandy told me that her high school years were, to an extent, uneventful. She went on to tell me that after high school, I worked for a year on the campus of a state university. It was during that time that drinking beer and smoking marijuana were introduced into my life. Eventually, a friend and I moved to New York City. The money and the drugs were very appealing to a young lady. After three years in New York, I moved to San Francisco. It was there I was introduced to heroin. During this time that I was actively addicted, I gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl. During this time I was still heavily indulging in marijuana, nitrous oxide and heroin. I would stay up for days on end getting high and not eating. Needless to say, this was devastating to my health and well-being. I used the heroin by either snorting or smoking it. As my life began to spiral downward, and as I needed more and more drugs, my significant other and I became more desperate for money....more
What Makes an Addiction Over the counter drugs like Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen (also known as Tylenol) are legal. This does not mean that these common drugs aren't addictive. On the contrary-how many people do you know that have spent years...more
Ice is crystalline methamphetamine hydrochloride, and can be smoked or injected intravenously, whereas plan methamphetamine powder is snorted or taken orally. The ice form of the drug gives a more intense high, or rush, than the powder form of the...more
Matt was a young man of 17 that I first meet in my medical clinic in 1996. His mother brought him to me in order to address his drug use. Matt had been smoking, drinking and sniffing glue since junior high. He had then graduated to marijuana and a...more
Welcome back lets look deeper into how cocaine does its evil work on the body.Cocaine is one of the worlds most powerful stimulants of natural origin. As the drug is consumed by the user it enhances the secretion of NRTs in their brain resulting in...more
Life is full of trials and turmoil. It is during these times of uncertainty that lead many to find a drug of choice to avoid the reality of life. For many their drug of choice is cocaine. They find that using cocaine is a release from their pain,...more
Benefit from the most effective methadone treatment opiate addiction program Opiate addiction is among the most challenging withdrawals for drug addicts.With the worsening of opiate drug abuse,the drug addicts starts looking for a change as...more