Barbiturates Substance Abuse Treatment
What are barbiturates?
One of the depressant medications that enable an individual to relax and fall asleep quicker is known as a barbiturate. In smaller doses, barbiturates are similar to alcohol because they are characterized by an intoxication effect. These drugs are most commonly prescribed for the relief of pain or the treatment of seizure disorders. However, prolonged abuse of barbiturates can produce some extremely chronic symptoms, which include:
- memory losso irritability
- erratic and unpredictable mood swings
- decreased interpersonal interaction with others
- changes in one’s alertness
- acute overdose syndrome which can eventually be fatal
There is nothing new where barbiturate abuse and addiction are concerned. Although other depressants (e.g. benzodiazepines) are more commonly prescribed, the potential for barbiturate abuse and addiction remains high. Where the distribution of these drugs on the black market is concerned, it can only be speculated as to the role that barbiturates play in illegal trafficking.
Long-term and short-term effects
Side effects of barbiturate abuse are broken down into long-term and short-term categories. The short-term effects include an amplification and enhancement of GABA (one of the brain’s neurotransmitters). As a result, large sections of the brain will shut down because of their sedative effects. Additionally, combining barbiturates with alcohol can be fatal.
Where long-term effects are concerned higher and higher doses of these barbiturates are required to achieve the desired effect because tolerance builds-up rapidly. As you take increasingly more of the drug, that line between effectiveness and fatality grows narrower and narrower. Physical and psychological dependencies develop because of how powerful these types of drugs are.
The Delray Recovery Center can help you
Our addiction treatment and recovery center can provide individuals with barbiturates substance abuse treatment programs that exhibit one of the highest recovery success rates in the US. You will be welcomed into a residential environment and provided with a homelike setting to spend your days and evenings in while focusing completely on your recovery. One of the keys to our high success rate lies in the fact that we address your addiction on the emotional, mental, physical, and even the spiritual levels.
We offer many activities and programs as well as educational materials and a variety of recovery tools that will ensure you of having a better chance of remaining substance-free for life once you return home to your community. Our barbiturates substance abuse treatment program consists of educational seminars, group and individual counseling sessions, holistic therapy, life-skills courses, and twelve-step workshops.
Our therapies are more exciting and unique compared to others and you will how quickly they enhance the substance-free experience while increasing the chances for a successful recovery. For more information regarding out barbiturates substance abuse treatment program, please contact us.
