 Drug prevention and education
Helping children and teenagers to "just say no" to drugs becomes a little easier with ...
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METH Users are prone to violent actions
April 27, 2003 - HILLSBORO Ð Lt. Chuck Middleton, of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office ...
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The Onset of Addiction
Bellingham's Bouchard said her brother's battle with drugs began when he tried alcohol for the ...
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OxyContin addiction creeps up on the individual until acquiring the drug becomes a full time obsession affecting friends, family, career, kids, finances and possibly involving the police.
In 1998, alcohol was a factor in more than half of all traffic fatalities.
In 1994, cocaine-related episodes comprised 28% of all emergency room drug-related episodes.
Seventy to eighty percent of alcohol is absorbed in the small intestine.
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Methadone Facts
- In blind trials, users who were given
both drugs orally were unable to distinguish between the effects heroin and methadone.
- Withdrawal
from heroin should be over after seven to ten days. Withdrawal from methadone
though, can take up to a month or even longer.
- Many
former heroin users have claimed that the horrors of heroin withdrawal were far
less painful and difficult than withdrawal from methadone.
- Methadone
is a synthetic drug. It was first invented in Germany during the Second World
War by scientists who, having discovered pethidine some years earlier, were developing
other similar compounds.
- The effects
of methadone last longer than those of morphine-based drugs.
- Methadone's
effects can last up to 24 hours.
- Deaths
occur more frequently at the beginning of treatment in methadone programs; they
are usually a cause of excessive doses (i.e. erroneously estimated tolerance).
- Methadone
generally entails the entire spectrum of opioid side effects, including the development
of tolerance and physical and psychological dependence.
- Individuals
are as physically dependent on methadone as they were to heroin or other opiates,
such as Oxycotin or Vicodin.
- The most
common side effects of Methadone are: drowsiness; lightheadedness, weakness, euphoria,
dry mouth, urinary retention, constipation, and slow or troubled breathing.
- Ironically,
methadone used to control narcotic addiction is frequently encountered on the
illicit market and has been associated with a number of overdose deaths.
- Methadone
comes as tablets, dispersible tablets, liquid, and liquid concentrate.
- Methadone
is one of the most difficult drugs to detox from since its effects are long-lasting
and it is readily stored in the body's tissue.
If you are in need of a drug treatment rehab program contact www.drug-rehabs.org
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