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Drug Side Effects
Drug side effects are some of the heavy prices one pays for drug abuse and addiction. Drug addiction and abuse is an ever increasing epidemic in the United States. People are abusing not only street drugs (Heroin, Cocaine, Crack, Meth, Ecstasy, and Marijuana), but prescription drugs as well (Valium, Percocet, Hydrocodone, OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax and Ritalin). The drug side effects of the above mentioned substances range from mild itching to comas and death.
When using drugs, legal or illegal, it is important to know the possible drug side effects. This information can help in preventing overdose, medical complications, as well as provide information on any changes that you or someone you know may be experiencing due to drug abuse or addiction.
We know that drug addiction and the drug side effects that accompany it can be extremely difficult to endure. If you or someone you care for is experiencing the side effects of drug addiction or abuse please contact us. We can help provide you with additional information and locations of drug rehabilitation facilities to further assist you.
Here are just a few examples of common drug side effects:
- Cocaine drug side effects: Restlessness and anxiety, damage to nasal cavities, nausea, vomiting, anxiety
- Crack drug side effects: Changes in blood pressure, heart rates, and breathing rates, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, convulsions, insomnia, loss of appetite leading to malnutrition and weight loss, cold sweats, swelling and bleeding of mucous membranes, restlessness and anxiety, damage to nasal cavities, damage to lungs, possible heart attacks, strokes, or convulsions
- Ecstasy drug side effects: Nausea, hallucinations, chills, sweating, increases in body temperature, tremors, involuntary teeth clenching, muscle cramping, blurred vision, anxiety, paranoia, depression
- Heroin drug side effects: Infection of heart lining and valves, arthritis and other rheumatologic problems, infectious diseases (for example, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C)
- Hydrocodone drug side effects: Emotional dependence, exaggerated feeling of depression, mood changes, nausea & vomiting, rash, restlessness
- Marijuana drug side effects: Enhanced cancer risk, decrease in testosterone levels and lower sperm counts for men, increase in testosterone levels for women and increased risk of infertility, diminished or extinguished sexual pleasure, psychological dependence requiring more of the drug to get the same effect, sleepiness, difficulty keeping track of time, impaired or reduced short-term memory, reduced ability to perform tasks requiring concentration and coordination such as driving a car, increased heart rate, potential cardiac dangers for those with preexisting heart disease, bloodshot eyes, dry mouth and throat, decreased social inhibitions, paranoia, hallucinations, impaired or reduced short-term memory, impaired or reduced comprehension, altered motivation and cognition, making the acquisition of new information difficult, psychological dependence, impairments in learning and memory, perception, and judgment – difficulty, speaking, listening effectively, thinking, retaining knowledge, problem solving and forming concepts, intense anxiety or panic attacks
- Meth drug side effects: Visual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations (hearing "voices"), suicidal tendencies, aggression, suspiciousness, severe paranoia
- Valium drug side effects: Drowsiness, impaired motor functions, impaired coordination, impaired balance, dizziness, fatigue, depression, anterograde amnesia and reflex tachycardia, nervousness, confusion, constipation, diplopia, dysarthria, headache, hypotension, incontinence, jaundice, changes in sex drive, nausea, changes in salivation, rash, slurring of speech, tremor, urinary retention, vertigo, irritability, insomnia, muscle cramps, rage and/or violence