With the increasing use of ecstasy (MDMA) as a recreational drug, overdosing is fairly common. Ecstasy is an illicit drug, often used in combination with other drugs, which greatly increases the risk of toxicity. There is no such thing as a safe dose of the drug and even a minimum amount can produce toxicity and death. It >> Read More ...
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is not a single disease but a range of disorders which include numerous physical and mental problems, as well as various developmental defects, that may occur as a result of alcohol consumption by the mother while pregnant. No amount of alcohol is considered safe >> Read More ...
Stimulants are substances that are used to enhance brain activity and has a host of mental and physical effects. Due to the psychoactive nature of these substances, stimulants may also have a number of effects on the emotional state. A stimulant has pronounced effect on the central nervous system, which is the reason it is >> Read More ...
Certain drugs are more likely to be misused or abused due to a tendency to be addictive. This addiction may either be psychological or physiological. In the former, a person may display behavior that is characteristic of addiction and feel that they need the drug on a regular basis but do not usually show withdrawal >> Read More ...
What is a drug-induced fever and drug-induced hyperthermia? Fever vs Hyperthemia Caused by Drugs A number of drugs and substances can raise the body temperature and this is known as drug-induced fever or drug-induced hyperthermia. Hyperthermia differs from a fever in that with hyperthermia, the body’s >> Read More ...
What is Alcohol Dementia? Alcohol dementia refers to an impairment of cognitive ability and personality changes as a result of alcohol misuse or chronic alcohol abuse and is referred to as alcohol-related psychosis or commonly as alcoholic psychosis. The presentation may also be due to Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome which is >> Read More ...
LSD Addiction Regular LSD users who stop using the drug do not show any withdrawal symptoms. Some of the psychiatric effects that may be present are probably a result of the long term effects of LSD rather than being withdrawal symptoms. However, LSD users may also be abusing other narcotics simultaneously and could be >> Read More ...
LSD is a hallucinogenic drug that goes by the street name acid. LSD stands for lysergic acid diethylamide which is synthetically produced. Lysergic acid was first discovered in ergot, a type of fungus that is found on contaminated rye and other grain. Despite being known as a hallucinogenic drug, LSD does not usually cause >> Read More ...
What Are Opiates? Opiates are strong narcotic (sleep inducing) painkillers extracted or synthesized from opium. They are available only by prescription and are illegal for non-medical use, since they are highly addictive and may have dangerous side effects. Opiates belong to a broader group of substances – opioids >> Read More ...
Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used globally because it is easily available in both developing and developed nations and still remains the cheapest drug on the market. There is a common misconception that regular marijuana use will not lead to addiction, especially since medical marijuana is becoming legalized >> Read More ...
