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Drug Addiction Rehab Maryland
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Addiction Treatment Center New Jersey
Who Are Lakeview?s Addiction Treatment Patients?
Lakeview Health Systems patients come to our addiction treatment center from the state of New Jersey (NJ) and it many beautiful cities. Some of the cities that patients travel to our addiction treatment center from our;
Union, New Jersey
Summit, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Montclair, New [...]
I Had to Leave Maryland Drug Rehab
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Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a synthetic drug which is extremely addictive. Methamphetamine stimulates the central nervous system and works directly on the brain and spinal cord by interfering with healthy neurotransmission. Methamphetamine is also known as crystal methamphetamine or crystal meth. Almost all of it is homemade from processed ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine. These are ingredients found in over-the-counter cold and asthma medicines. Methamphetamine has stimulant properties similar to that of adrenaline and is the most potent type of amphetamine available today. It comes in many forms and can be smoked, snorted, injected, or orally ingested.
Methamphetamine Use
Methamphetamine use produces an artificial feeling of pleasure - the memory of which is stored in the user's subconscious. This is what enforces a desire to use more methamphetamine in order to recreate the feelings of the initial experience, though it is rare that the initial high or rush is ever duplicated.
Some people use methamphetamines to lose weight due to its appetite suppressant properties but others use it in a binge-and-crash pattern. Since the pleasurable effects of methamphetamine disappear even before the drug concentration in the blood falls significantly - users try to maintain the high by taking more of the drug. In some cases, abusers indulge in a form of binging known as a run avoiding food and sleep while continuing abuse for up to several days. Long-term methamphetamine abuse has many negative consequences, including addiction.
Methamphetamine Addiction
Methamphetamine addiction can create symptoms that resemble mental illness including: visual and auditory hallucinations, depression, obsessive behaviors, anxiety and panic attacks and intense anger and paranoia. Some of the effects of chronic methamphetamine abuse appear to be at least partially reversible however the increased risk of stroke from the abuse of methamphetamine can lead to irreversible brain damage. If a person abruptly discontinues their use of methamphetamine (or amphetamines) they will experience symptoms associated with withdrawal. Withdrawal is extremely uncomfortable and in some cases life threatening.
Please contact us and allow us to introduce you to our medically supervised drug detox program complete with 24 hour nursing. Let Lakeview Health help you. We will treat your methamphetamine addiction to help you get safely drug-free at our comfortable and serene lakeside addiction treatment facility. Call us toll-free: 1-866-657-4357.