Drug Rehabilitation Drug Rehabilitation
is an umbrella term for a variety of processes by which a person addicted to a
drug stops using that drug. These processes can vary from cold turkey to the use
of substitute drugs which do not have the same action upon the state of consciousness
as the original drug to which the person was addicted. Oxycodone Addiction Oxycodone works by stimulating certain opoid receptors that are located throughout the central nervous system, in the brain and along the spinal cord. When the oxycodone binds to the opoid receptors, a variety of physiologic responses can occur ranging from pain relief, to slowed breathing to euphoria. Withdrawal reactions include anxiety, irritability, sweating, trouble sleeping and diarrhea.
Dual Diagnosis Treatment and Rehabilitation Overview » June 28th 2007
Dual diagnosis means that a person has two different
illnesses. Such illnesses include: 1)
severe/major mental illness and a substance disorder(s), 2) substance
disorder(s) and a personality disorder(s), 3) substance disorder(s) and a
personality disorder(s) and substance induced...tags: Dual Diagnosis, Drug Alcohol Rehab Program comments: 1
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