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Physical mental effects of heroin addiction

October 15, 2016
Physical mental effects

Physical mental effects of heroin addiction as well as overdose when addressed, any heroin long term effects on the body organs can be salvaged.

Physical mental effects of heroin addiction: Treatment of heroin addiction

In most occasions the physical mental effects of heroin addiction has no respect of whether the administration of the drug into the body through injection, sniffing or smocking. Of the three modes of administration users of this substance often prefers it being injected due to the speedy effects it has on realizing the euphoric feelings. Nonetheless, it may not matter the mode of usage, the common denominator is that heroin is bad and must be discouraged if not eliminated completely. Doctor Akoury reports that with every admission of heroin into the body, the user is automatically and significantly increasing their chances of contracting chronic health complications including heart failure, respiratory failure, bacterial infections, brain damage, and a variety of other deadly conditions. Besides these the addicts are also likely to suffer from other symptoms like blood pressure complications, coma, convulsions, seizures, muscle spasms, weak pulse, etc. that is a clear indication and confirmation that there is nothing good about taking heroin let alone being addicted to it.

Just to put more emphasis on the treatment, our experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center are working round the clock to restore some serenity to the addicts and if you or anyone you know is struggling with this addiction, then you can schedule for an appointment with doctor Akoury or be the point of reference for your friends and together we will make enormous progress in healing the world of this addictive drug. In the meantime, it will interest you to know that at this facility we offer psychiatric therapy whenever it is recommended to patients but even before we get there, the most important thing is that you need to be willing to be helped for all the treatment procedures to work. Being in denial is the biggest hindrance of breakthrough in heroin addiction recovery.

Physical mental effects of heroin addiction: The best way to achieve lasting recovery from heroin addiction

Freedom from heroin addiction often comes at a very high price. This is called the withdrawal process. Just like we have indicate, attempting to detox your-self or go cold turkey from a heroin addiction can have fatal results such as heart attack, stroke, seizures, coma, or death. It is therefore necessary that patients seek for help from a licensed medical detox center (AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center) to begin healing from heroin addiction. The National Alcohol and Substance Abuse Information Center (NASAIC) maintains a continuously updated national database of heroin addiction treatment centers in your local area, as well as the leading recommended heroin addiction treatment centers in the United States and around the world. You now have a wide pool to choose from but be courteous to go for only the best for the best result.

Nonetheless heroin is often mixed or “cut” with other ordinarily benign substances, although heroin abuse in its purest form is becoming increasingly common. It is not uncommon for users to graduate to heroin from other drugs. They will start taking heroin and experience immediate euphoria. Users will continue in an effort to experience that same feeling. Since the feeling is rarely emulated, users up their dose and before they know it, they’re addicted and caught in a dangerous and costly pattern of behavior and that is why it is important for you to consult with doctor Dalal Akoury today for quick remedial action.

Physical mental effects of heroin addiction: Treatment of heroin addiction

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Battling heroin addiction at family levels

September 15, 2016
Battling heroin addiction

Battling heroin addiction at family levels by exposing all it’s effects to help people make the right choices

Battling heroin addiction at family levels: Making the wrong choices

There are certain things that we do not because we want to but because we see our friends and relatives do. The motivation is to have the feelings they have upon using the things they use or doing what they do. In other words the sense of belonging is the reason why all these are happening. Take for instance in the world of drug addiction you will be amazed at what people do just not to be left out and in the process they find themselves into real problems not just in their health and peace of mind but also with the law enforcement agencies. Even though addiction cuts across and everyone is vulnerable, it hit the hardest at the family unit, which is why battling heroin addiction among other substances at family level is very important. We spoke to doctor Dalal Akoury the MD and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center about the battling heroin addiction in families and it is amazing seeing how simple desires can land us into real threats of addiction.

As a professional in this discipline doctor Akoury is going to shed some light on how influential heroin can be in your life no matter how you got introduced to it. She says that one morning while in her office a lady walked in and was very depressed. When she gave her time to share her problem she open up and poured out her heart on the battles she has with heroin addiction. For confidentiality we will call her Jimssy not her real name. Jimssy is a full-time housewife and mother hardly fits the stereotypical picture of a heroin addict. However for the past two of her adult life, she was obsessed with getting high on heroin a passion she shared with her husband, Jim not his real name who has been battled his own addiction for over two decades now.

Battling heroin addiction at family levels: Peer influence in addiction

Jim had been struggling with heroin addiction for years when his wife joined the league of shooting up heroin. Even though Jimssy was not ignorant of the effects of heroin on her husband, she voluntarily decided to test the water one day following an advice from her friend who informed her that using heroin would significantly relieve the pain of headache and muscular pains she had suffered from epileptic seizures she has been struggling with for more than 15 years now. It is amazing how friends can be very destructive to our wellbeing. This friend without any consideration of the know consequences, approached her friend with the news she knew Jimssy would be interested in, that is the solution to her struggle with pain. Jimssy acknowledges that, that was her first time and regret having such a friend in her life. She goes ahead to explain that her main reason for testing the waters even though she knew the struggles her husband, was to get better, the pain was becoming unbearable. What do you think about her decision? You may suggest that under the circumstances she was justified because she was looking for solutions about her pain. Nonetheless it is still not right, every advice you get from a friend must be confirmed by a medical doctor and that is why doctor Akoury founded this facility where you can get all the professional assistance concerning your health and addiction at any time of the day.

Battling heroin addiction at family levels: Making the wrong choices

 

 

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Uneven heroin addiction recovery process

September 12, 2016
Uneven heroin addiction

Uneven heroin addiction recovery process will be made easier and friendly with doctor Dalal Akoury decades of working experience and professionalism

Uneven heroin addiction recovery process: Fighting craving

For some time now we have been sharing about the story of this lady who was struggling with heroin addiction and became homeless so many times. This story gives us the true picture of the uneven heroin addiction recovery process more so with the every challenge of relapse and craving for the same drug. As for this lady having been homeless for days she says “I was finally hosted by a friend who was not aware that am struggling with heroin addiction.” She understands well the uneven heroin addiction recovery process. At her new home at her friend’s house she says “I could not hold it no matter the efforts I made and I took a small shot before going to bed. I finished it off the following morning in her bathroom and this time round committed to going cold turkey.”

The new environment was very hostile to me and since I knew nobody in the area there was very little I could do to get another shot no matter the intensity of craving. Things happened very first and this one thing I’ll never forget. The first morning, I was very nervous as I sat and waited for the unforeseeable. Together with my friend we sat chatting trying to catch up with the lost time and believe you me, I tried all I could not to let her notice my struggle but deep inside I was not myself.

Uneven heroin addiction recovery process: It is not about heroin only but all substances

As the hours went by, I kept running into her bathroom to do what the people I knew called “cotton shots” and “scrape bags” (keeping empty bags and used cottons to try to get a tiny bit of dope just to take the edge off). I thought doing this would help or delay the withdrawal. But in reality, it was just like a nervous tic. The demands of my body said something else and it kept pushing and reminding me that “it’s time for a shot” so I did whatever I could to comply. It will be my pleasure if my story can help you in this journey we are calling the uneven heroin addiction recovery process. Remember that it is not just about heroin addiction but this is applicable even to other substance abuse. I then noticed that I was shaking violently as I tried to shoot up what was basically dirty water. It was not a very good seen because I was struggling to locate the veins on my arms and in the process jabbing randomly and bleeding furiously everywhere.

This became the order of the day and while at the bathroom all I could do was shooting up water, vomiting constantly in the toilet and soaking my achy body in a hot bath. Dear readers she posse, the pain of addiction is indescribable. Nonetheless when I could not cope any longer it had to come out in the open and I begged my friend to help me find something just anything that could “get me through this.” Like a good friend she was she tried (or claimed to) but she didn’t have a clue. One day she came to me with some prescription strength ibuprofen and I almost strangled her. But after all she was letting me stay in her house and puke in her toilet so I couldn’t afford to be a bad houseguest and the story continues in our next article … but in the meantime, from the narrations above, it is obvious that addiction harts and treatment also come with its own challenges. To help you overcome those challenges, you should consider calling experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center for professional assistance and doctor Dalal Akoury will help you in the most professional way to get your life back and enjoy life to the fullest.

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Withdrawal syndromes and coping strategies

September 9, 2016
Withdrawal syndromes

Withdrawal syndromes and coping strategies. AWAREmed addiction treatment programs will help you get sober again much faster

Withdrawal syndromes and coping strategies: Bad health effects of heroin

Heroin withdrawal syndrome effects and coping strategies are some of the most disturbing fears most addicts sight as reasons of their unwillingness to enroll for treatment in various health facilities for timely recovery process. With this attitude treatment becomes very difficult because one has to begin by first addressing the issues of denial. Making such patients come to terms with their health situation is often very difficult. Some of the pertinent questions we should be asking ourselves now that we are aware that heroin withdrawal syndromes and coping strategies are the problems may include the following: what are the actual effects of these heroin withdrawal symptoms – and how do they impact the long-term health and well-being of the individual patients?

As an institution (AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of Doctor Dalal Akoury’s care) we are on top of things and our objective is to kick out all manner of addictions from our societies. That is why we only post worthy health articles tailored at helping our clients/patients get the much needed health solutions. Therefore in this article, we have particularly designed it to convey health information in the simplest language to help in shedding some light on the impact of heroin withdrawal syndrome and also to help those who are going through the process en route to their recovery whether you are directly or indirectly affected.

Withdrawal from heroin can cause some discomfort

There are a number of uncomfortable side effects that accompany heroin withdrawal. These symptoms are not all that life threatening as is always the general rule, but all the same they are the leading reason why individuals relapse or add urgency to their search for that “next fix.” Some of the uncomfortable heroin withdrawal symptoms include:

  • Anxiety
  • Chills
  • Fever
  • Restlessness
  • Sleeplessness
  • Sweating
  • Twitching

Withdrawal can also cause emotional issues

Besides the known physical discomfort that goes hand in hand with heroin withdrawal, doctor Akoury says that there are a number of mental health issues that the individual may experience as well, such may include the following:

Relapse

Finally doctor Akoury agrees that, the most serious effect of heroin withdrawal syndrome is relapse. Because individual addicts are not able to live with the discomfort of withdrawal they often go back to their old habits. To escape from this discomforting experience in many instances they will turn to the only thing they know best that can provide relief which is more heroin even though they are struggling to stop their addiction to the drug itself. This is the reason why most if not all heroin rehab programs insist that the individuals must first complete the heroin detox process before they can be allowed to moving on into the main population of the facility. The risk of relapse is therefore inevitable in most cases. However when it happens, it will not be a sign of failure, you can always pick up the pieces and get back to the recovery process and defeat the problem. You may want to call doctor Akoury for further guidelines over this whole issues of withdrawal syndrome and coping strategies for a much better performance on your part.

Withdrawal syndromes and coping strategies: Bad health effects of heroin

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Heroin assignment in the brain

September 9, 2016
Heroin assignment

Heroin assignment in the brain are never good for human health in general

Heroin assignment in the brain: Facts about heroin addiction

When you ask me this question how does heroin work in the brain? I will respond to help you not get confused as to whether heroin is good for your health or otherwise. You cannot gamble with your life and most importantly your health. For your information, this I the most valuable asset one can ever possess in life. When experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center say that your health is your health, it is not a gimmick. It is a confirmed fact and you can attest to it even as a layman. Heroin as a drug has nothing to offer in the protection to this most valuable yet priceless asset called health. And just to erase the confusion from your mind if any, doctor Dalal Akoury the MD and founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center explains that, under normal circumstance the heroin assignment in the brain generally human body is to naturally produce its own opiate-like substances and uses them as neurotransmitters.

As we progress into the discussion about heroin assignment in the brain, let me make emphasis that in a different way, I have not just singled out heroin but substances like opiate. Meaning that some of the substances am alluding to may include endorphins, enkephalins and dynorphin and collectively they are commonly known as endogenous opioids. Endogenous opioids modulate our reactions to painful stimuli and this is where many go wrong and are attempting to associate heroin with proper functionality of the brain. That aside these endogenous also regulate vital functions such as hunger and thirst and are involved in mood control, immune response, and other processes.

Heroin assignment in the brain: Exogenous substances

And now as to the reason why opiates like heroin and morphine are affecting us so powerfully is that, these exogenous substances bind to the same receptors as our endogenous opioids. There are three kinds of receptors widely distributed throughout the brain including the mu, delta, and kappa receptors.
These receptors through the second messengers, influences the likelihood that ion channels will open, which in certain cases reduces the excitability of neurons. This reduced excitability is the likely source of the euphoric effect of opiates and appears to be mediated by the mu and delta receptors.

This euphoric effect also appears to involve another mechanism in which the GABA-inhibitory interneurons of the ventral tegmental area come into play. By attaching to their mu receptors, exogenous opioids reduce the amount of GABA released. Remember that under normal circumstances, GABA reduces the amount of dopamine released in the nucleus accumbens. By inhibiting this inhibitor, the opiates ultimately increase the amount of dopamine produced and the amount of pleasure felt. Besides that doctor Akoury says that the chronic consumption of opiates inhibits the production of cAMP. However this inhibition will be offset in the long run by other cAMP production mechanisms. When no opiates are available, this increased cAMP production capacity comes to the fore and results in neural hyperactivity and the sensation of craving the drug. And with craving you can easily continue in the addiction life. Doctor Dalal Akoury MD, wants to help you defeat all these and set you free from all manner of addiction. You can call her today to schedule for that important appointment.

Heroin assignment in the brain: Facts about heroin addiction

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