Drug addiction is a physical and psychological problem caused by dependence on drugs that have narcotic properties.
Quitting drug addiction is a very painful and lengthy process. When you stop taking the drug, a withdrawal syndrome, or abstinence, occurs. The reason for this syndrome is the body's addiction to drugs. Abstinence causes severe physical and mental suffering, but does not lead to death.
The severity of the withdrawal syndrome depends on the duration of drug use and the degree of addiction.
First, anxiety and an irresistible desire to take another dose appear. Then yawning, runny nose and watery eyes begin. The pupils are dilated, chills alternate with hot flashes, characteristic muscle pain in the back and limbs appears. Subsequently, blood pressure increases, pulse and breathing quicken. Then the pressure drops sharply, there are cases of diarrhea and vomiting. Additional signs of withdrawal may include weight loss and spontaneous ejaculation.
If withdrawal symptoms appear, the doctor prescribes special medications that do not cause euphoria, but block all manifestations of withdrawal.
In the case of mild drug addiction, the syndrome lasts from five to ten days. During this entire period, the patient must be under the strict supervision of a specialist - a narcologist. In cases of long-term drug use and severe addiction, a maintenance program is prescribed that lasts several months.
Unfortunately, not all drug addicts can withstand withdrawal and emerge victorious in the fight for their own lives and health. There are narcotic drugs that cause instant addiction, from which there is practically no escape. In particular, desomorphine, or, as addicts call it, "crocodile", belongs to them. In its harmfulness, this drug is many times greater than such drugs as heroin and cocaine combined. In almost four months, a person becomes incurable and doomed to imminent death.
When refusing to take drugs, the patient must primarily rely on his own strength, but it is also necessary to follow the recommendations of the attending physician and take only those medications that he prescribes.
After completing the medication course, a course of psychotherapy follows, which will allow the patient to return to normal life. Most often, hypnosis is not used, but the work of a psychologist.
In order for the patient not to return to his former addictions, it is necessary to create all the necessary conditions for productive treatment and prevent the resumption of drug use at any cost.