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  • An overdose from stimulants such as amphetamines or cocaine is generally characterized by symptoms such as a rapid heartbeat, muscle cramps, seizures, psychosis, paranoia, and confusion, loss of motor control movement, vomiting, lack of consciousness, cardiac arrest, and death.
  • Although amphetamines were once prescribed to control obesity and depression their use for these disorders was discontinued because patients became quickly and seriously dependent.
  • Alcohol consumption is involved in as many as two-thirds of all sexual assaults and date rapes of teens and college students.
  • For every $1 invested in drug rehab in the U.S., there is a return of between $4 and $7 in reduced drug-related crime, criminal justice costs, and theft. When savings related to health care costs are included, total savings can exceed costs by a ratio of 12 to 1.
  • A number of fatal fentanyl overdoses have been caused by time-release fentanyl patches which were prescribed to legitimate users for pain; a defect caused the patch to malfunction causing an excessive amount of the drug to leak and become absorbed by patients, resulting in life-threatening side effects and death in some cases.
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Detox for Methadone

Methadone detoxification is a course of action which should be overseen by substance abuse professionals within a drug rehab facility who understand how difficult and challenging methadone detox can be. Methadone detoxification is regarded to be far more serious in terms of symptoms and duration than even heroin detox, and users typically revert back to methadone to alleviate withdrawal symptoms or, worse yet, turn to heroin or prescription opioids to alleviate symptoms. This is why methadone detox must only be done under strict supervision at a drug rehab center which has experience in handling this type of detoxification, and where the person can receive further rehabilitation services to deal with all addiction issues.

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