Facts
- Inpatient treatment for withdrawal at a drug treatment facility is recommended for individuals who are at risk for serious withdrawal symptoms or re-intoxication if treated as an outpatient.
- There were an over 205,000 drug-related emergency room visits made by people seeking detox or substance abuse treatment services in 2009.
- Since PCP is only made illegally an individual who takes the drug recreationally never knows exactly what potency of PCP is actually being taken, making the use of this drug particularly dangerous.
- The chronic use of anabolic steroids has been reported to negatively affect the reproductive system, in both men and woman alike.
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Methadone detoxification can be a very uncomfortable and difficult experience. Withdrawal Symptoms usually begin between twenty-four and forty-eight hours after the user's last dose of the drug. Common symptoms include: stomach cramps, sweating, nausea, tremors, extreme opiate cravings, irritability, sneezing, fever, chills, anxiety, fuzzy-headedness, paranoia, clinical depression and hallucinations. 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 stopping all at once.