Facts
- Liver disease brought on by chronic abuse of alcohol, including alcoholic fatty liver, hepatitis, and cirrhosis, kills 25,000 Americans each year.
- The States which have the lowest rates of past month use of marijuana among individuals aged 12 or older were in the South including Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.
- Methamphetamine can produce a high for 8-24 hours when smoked, as opposed to smoking cocaine which produces a high for approximately 20-30 minutes.
- When drug relapse occurs after treatment at a drug rehab program, some individuals may deem treatment a failure; although treatment for drug abuse typically requires continual evaluation and modification as needed, similar to the approach taken for other chronic diseases.
Keuka Park, New York - Methadone DetoxificationMethadone 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, irritability, sneezing, fever, chills, anxiety, fuzzy-headedness, paranoia, hallucinations and clinical depression. Additionally, methadone withdrawal symptoms tend to continue 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 stopping all at once.