Facts
- The most serious adverse effects can occur when mixing Vicodin with alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines, methylphenidate, benzodiazapines, barbiturates, and a number of other medications.
- Many workplaces offer and support Employee Assistance Programs that offer short-term counseling and/or assistance for individuals with drug or alcohol problems, which gets drug addicted employees connected to local drug rehab resources, including peer support/recovery groups.
- White is the typical racial profile for a methamphetamine addict; however rates of use of methamphetamine are also extremely high among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives.
- Taking only a small dose of LSD may not reduce the possibility of an individual having a negative reaction or bad trip
Methadone Detoxification - ChesterhillMethadone detoxification can be a very uncomfortable and taxing experience. Symptoms usually begin between twenty-four and forty-eight hours after the user's last dose of the drug. Typical withdrawal symptoms include: stomach cramps, sweating, nausea, tremors, extreme opiate cravings, sneezing, irritability, chills, anxiety, paranoia, fuzzy-headedness, hallucinations and clinical depression. Additionally, these unpleasant methadone withdrawal symptoms will last much longer than heroin withdrawal symptoms. Depending on the dose of methadone you have been taking the symptoms can last for several weeks to several months. Professionals in the field of methadone detoxification typically advise the gradual decrease of the drug over a period of time instead of completely stopping all at once.