Studies indicate that over 40% of middle school children in one county in the U.S. had use inhalants within the past 30 days.
While treating opiate withdrawal through rapid opiate detoxification, the individual is anesthetized throughout the three to four hour procedure, and withdrawal occurs while the patient sleeps.
A history of the patient's drug or alcohol use can be helpful in predicting the severity of withdrawal symptoms.
Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors are intentionally inhaled because of the chemicals' mind-altering effects.