brain damage

What Are the Effects of Prescription Drug Abuse?

Question by Cherries: What are the effects of prescription drug abuse?
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Best answer:
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Answer by jimmys_fukin_foot
Whatever you learn, don’t forget to add this.

Addiction
Body functions breaking down and stopping (depending on the substance)
Brain damage
Death
PRISON
I know a guy who was mixing drugs for a long time and now his left hand is always uncontrollably shaking. It will do this forever!

or worse, you could end up on the Maury show. (hehe)

Which of These Illicit Drugs Is the Most Brain Damaging?

Question by DJ: Which of these illicit drugs is the most brain damaging?
[rewrite]I’m doing a research project for psychology and the topic is about neurology. I came across an interesting graph on this site:

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/wdrug.html

But the graph is ranked by physical addiction and physical harm but not brain damage. My question is which drugs from the following list causes the most brain damage (negatively effects cognitive ability, concentration, and ability to learn; instead of just causing physical dependence) in the long term and not just under influence or coming down from the effects

Substance Abuse Organizational Chart

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101 Reasons Not to Circumcise
[rewrite]Side effects can occur with the use or non-use of anesthetics or narcotics for neonatal circumcisions such, nerve damage (from improper anesthetic application), lack of oxygen resulting in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (can cause brain damage), loss …[/rewrite]
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How to Stop My Friend From Sniffing Dendrite (A Glue Consisting Toluene and Other Intoxicants)?

Question by Shilajit: How to stop my friend from sniffing Dendrite (a glue consisting toluene and other intoxicants)?
[rewrite]Hey guys, I have a friend (Aged 24) who sniffs Dendrite every day. I know him almost 3 years now, and there hasn’t been a single day he didn’t do this thing. Sometimes he sniffs about 4-5 glue tubes a day. By now, he has become a junkie and he admits that he’s addicted. We’re all very concerned about his health as we know permanent brain damage is prevalent among users.
The most interesting part is this, he’s very well-educated and a very talented and struggling guitarist, an intellectual person I’d say, who’s interested in Classical/Jazz/Rock/Metal music and movies, unlike the usual abusers of this drug, who are mostly poor,homeless kids. He refuses to lay off of Dendrite for unknown reasons and we’re all pretty scared about this. Lately, I’ve been feeling his playing skills is lacking perfection. But that’s probably just me, and he isn’t really abnormal in any way and is quite a lovable person.
Rehab isn’t really an option, as the guy I’m talking about lives alone, away from his parents and they probably don’t know anything about this. When I ask him the reasons for sniffing glue, he just tells me that it’s the only thing that keeps his mind away from all the bullshit and depression and frustration,when the truth is, there isn’t really anything so frustrating. So probably he’s just making up excuses for sniffing more?
So, can anyone help me help him?
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I Like Sniffing Markers…?

Question by yasmine: I like sniffing markers…?
[rewrite]At school it was the beginning of D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) week and I heard you can get high from markers from a teacher. I have a bunch of sharpies in diff colors so i sniffed my red one and then i sniffed it again. They smell horrible but like they …. um idk they are like a magnet. Anyway i was just wondering if like can they do harm and if they do how do i stop sniffing them cause like they are so addictive!!!! they are awesome 🙂
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Natural Remedies for Brain Damage After Drug Abuse?

Question by Liza Shevchuk: Natural Remedies For Brain Damage After Drug Abuse?
[rewrite]My older brother has done many drugs from about 16-21. Its been a year since his last use, and he’s been having some serious problems. He has high anxiety and he’s been having frequent episodes of “weird” (as he calls it) feelings. He doesn’t label it as feeling sick. During these episodes he feels jittery, emotional (even cry’s sometimes) out of control, his heart rate goes up. This also causes him to have insomnia. Maybe they’re panic attacks, but the thing is, what triggers it? This occurs randomly on a normal day. We believe its typical withdrawal symptoms, because he abused quite a few drugs. (Marijuana, cigarettes, ecstasy, crystal meth, shrooms, hookah, cocaine, inhalants, “uppers” (as he calls them))
He has gone to see his doctor several times to get treatment, and his doctor said he has migraines.
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He prescribed him anti depressants and that didn’t help my brother AT ALL.
He does this herbal drop treatment (echinacea, other oils, etc) That help him sleep.
Now we’re trying to find him herbal remedies that would help repair his brain damage from all of the abuse he has done to it.
Thank you very much.
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