Facts
- 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.
- Because central nervous system depressants work by slowing the brain's activity, when an individual stops taking the drug this activity can rebound and as part of withdrawal seizures can occur.
- Less than one-fifth of incarcerated offenders struggling with substance abuse receive drug rehab while incarcerated (not including participation in self-help or drug education).
- The hydrocodone component in Lortab alone can cause an overdose, and is known to cause respiratory depression and other severe adverse reactions including heart failure, heart attack, pulmonary failure, liver or kidney failure, jaundice, amnesia, seizures, blackouts, and coma.
Persons with HIV/AIDS - Mc Nabb, IllinoisDrug addiction will take its toll on even the healthiest persons. When people in Mc Nabb with HIV/AIDS abuse drugs and alcohol it can take a deadly toll on them. Since they suffer with a lowered immune system, anything as simple as the common cold can become a hazardous sickness. They expose themselves to other deadly infections too: Hepatitis C, pneumonia and tuberculosis just to list a few. Entering a drug rehabilitation program that specializes in treating persons with HIV/AIDS is needed. The addicted individual will be able to regain their sobriety and strengthen their quality of life profoundly. Science today has been able to develop many medications that not only help persons with HIV/AIDS but make their life healthier and longer.