Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Treating Ketamine Addiction

Drug abuse is a substantial problem in most parts of the world. In fact the number of different drugs that people abuse has increased dramatically over the last 10 years. Ketamine for example is a drug that people are starting to use on a regular basis. This drug is also known as Special K, Vitamin K and under several other names. Originally Ketamine was intended to be a tranquilizer for animals, but some people have begun to take it which can be incredibly dangerous.

The high that people get from this drug tends to impact a person's cognitive abilities causing what some have described as an out of the body experience. People tend to feel like they are floating above the ground. This drug is becoming a very common party drug and is constantly found at raves alongside many other illicit drugs. The side effects of this drug can be terribly dangerous. Heart issues, breathing problems, vomiting and even psychotic breaks have all be associated with the abuse of this drug.

Ketamine can be extremely difficult to get off of because of the way that it attacks the brain and a person's cognitive capabilities. This attack on the brain is worse is many ways than a physical addiction because when off the drug a person can have severe psychological trauma and other problems with their ability to think that can be scary for the addict making them want to continue the drug in order to avoid those episodes.

Treating this addiction is something that needs to take place under the guidance of a doctor because there are a lot of variables that can impact it. Also because psychological episodes could take place the user needs to under supervision to see how they will react to being off of the drug for an extended period of time.

If you know a person who is suffering from this addiction then please stage an intervention for them and get them the help that they need.