How To Treat Alcoholism |
| Date Added: January 04, 2010 12:29:50 PM |
| Author: kekndall32 |
| Category: Computers & Internet: Web Directories: Niche Directories: Health |
| Social drinking has become quite popular in the modern world. It's kind of a tradition to include some beer or wine during a meal in a number of houses and restaurants. Celebration of special days like birthdays and other holidays is seldom held without alcohol drinks. It is also commonplace to meet up with acquaintances or friends for a short drink after work. That is considered as a way to keep in touch. Expensive alcoholic beverages are also present at business negotiations and lunches. Though it is not an alcohol abuse, it still creates a foundation for intervention of alcohol in our life. Alcohol addicts don't realize the fact that alcohol does harm not only to them, but at the same time it causes pain to their families. The rising number of cases of suicides, domestic violence, innocent deaths is a consequence of deep penetration of alcohol into our lives. You should take into account that alcohol is a form of drugs, and alcohol dependence is a form of drug abuse. The withdrawal from this abuse is as difficult as from drugs use. Antabuse (also known as disulfiram) was the first approved medical product used to treat alcohol dependence. Its action is based on provoking negative reaction if a person continues drinking while taking antabuse. It interferes with the process of the alcohol conversion and in this way stimulates hangover symptoms that are five to ten times greater that usually. A person who drinks when using antabuse is confronted with such disagreeable symptoms as flushing, thirst, copious vomiting, throbbing headache, hypotension, blurred vision and so on. Amongst more serious symptoms can be respiratory depression, myocardial infarction, unconsciousness and even death. As you see, antabuse is a very strong medicine, so it can be given only to a person who realizes how it works and is completely serious about quitting drinking. Antabuse contra-indicated to people with a history of heart disease, mental disease or an allergy to antabuse. Pregnant women are also prohibited to take antabuse. So it's a great idea to visit a doctor before starting with alcoholism curing process. Take into account that antabuse is efficient only in case of long-term use. In case a person takes just one pill, he can simply start drinking in a couple of days again. Excellent news is that European investigations showed that the longer people take antabuse, the more effective it is, as they develop a custom of not drinking. So your health is in your hands, as is your future. |
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