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- When alcoholic beverages are mixed with energy drinks such as Red Bull or Monster, the caffeine in these drinks can cover up the depressant effects of alcohol.
- Long term PCP users have reported memory loss, difficulties with speech and thinking, depression, and weight loss.
- While abuse of OxyContin was once seen as a "white-collar" addiction, this problem has been on the rise among all ethnic and economic groups.
- Withdrawal symptoms associated with methadone can include but are not limited to body aches and muscle cramping, back aches, leg kicking, anxiety, chills, shivering or trembling, abdominal cramping, weakness, increased blood pressure, convulsions, insomnia, diarrhea, running nose, watery eyes, sneezing, sweating, pale and clammy skin, nausea and thoughts of suicide.
Persons with HIV/AIDS - Ashland, MO.Drug addiction takes its toll on even the healthiest persons. When people in Ashland with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs and alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Since they suffer with a lowered immune system, a thing as simple as the typical cold can become an unsafe sickness. They expose themselves to other deadly infections too: Hepatitis C, pneumonia and tuberculosis just to list a few. Entering a drug treatment program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is essential. The addicted person will be ready to regain their sobriety and increase their quality of life profoundly. Science today has been able to develop many medications that not only help individuals with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.