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  • PCP users may experience memory loss and depression, which may persist for as long as a year after a chronic user stops taking PCP.
  • Sudden stopping use of methadone at high doses can result in withdrawal symptoms described as "the worst withdrawal imaginable," which individuals will need to endure for weeks or even months.
  • The sleeping drug triazolam sometimes causes individuals to develop panic attacks. After withdrawing from this sleeping pill, the panic attacks typically disappear.
  • OxyContin has become the oxycodone drug of choice in Maine, Ohio, and West Virginia, and in portions of eastern Kentucky, Maryland, western Pennsylvania, and rural southwestern Virginia.

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Seniors/Older Adults - Altoona

You may be amazed to read that today more and more seniors/older adults are entering drug rehabilitation programs in Altoona, IA. Addiction is an issue that can have an effect on anyone. Even the elderly who have far more life experience can drop into the trap of drug abuse and addiction. Often times their doctor prescribes a medication to aid with the pain, anxiety, etc. They find that the medication is useful and may take more than prescribed or in conjunction with other substances like alcohol. Drug treatment programs are an useful tool in helping seniors/older adults addicted to prescription drugs and other substances. Many elderly addicts are also suffering from co-occurring mental health complications that are able to be treated in conjunction with their addiction problems.

  • Urban Dreams
    8.9 miles from Altoona, Iowa
    Urban Dreams is located at:

    1410 6th Avenue
    Des Moines, IA. 50314

    If you would like to contact Urban Dreams, you can reach them at 515-288-4742.

    Urban Dreams offers the following treatment services: Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Outpatient, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Gays And Lesbians, Seniors/Older Adults, Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Women, Men, Dui/Dwi Offenders, Criminal Justice Clients
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Private Health Insurance
  • Community Access and Life Management
    9.6 miles from Altoona, Iowa
    Community Access and Life Management is located at:

    333 SW 9th Street
    Des Moines, IA. 50309

    If you would like to contact Community Access and Life Management, you can reach them at 515-554-0878.

    Community Access and Life Management offers the following treatment services: Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Outpatient, Residential Short-Term Treatment (30 Days Or Less), Adolescents, Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons With Hiv/Aids, Gays And Lesbians, Seniors/Older Adults, Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Women, Men, Dui/Dwi Offenders, Criminal Justice Clients
    Payment forms accepted: