Cocaine Addiction Treatment

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Cocaine Detox

Although cocaine use does not cause a physical addiction, there is an initial period of detoxification that should be supervised by addiction treatment specialists. A cocaine or crack addict will initially feel intense, overpowering cravings for cocaine, and as such the detoxification is best done at a facility that limits the addict's access to the drug. The initial period of withdrawal can also cause aggressiveness, anxiety, and severe depression, and is best supervised by addiction treatment professionals, familiar with the process of cocaine, or crack detoxification.

Cocaine addiction treatment

Cocaine is one of the most powerful psychologically addictive substances known, and professional treatment is required to help an addict get off and stay off cocaine. The severity of the addiction will mandate how intensive the treatment program is, but most cocaine addicts will need to undergo an intensive and lengthy immersive therapeutic program.

Treatment for cocaine addiction will combine life skills and coping strategies courses, designed to help users take responsibility for their actions and responsibility for getting themselves into situations that make relapse likely; as well as peer support counseling and one-on-one counseling with an addiction treatment professional. Cocaine users often abuse other drugs with cocaine, and poly-drug treatment may be required.

Addicts need to learn how to live without cocaine, and develop the tools that will help them to resist the cravings that occur when triggered by situations and people, that in the past were associated with cocaine usage.

Without appropriate professional treatment, the odds of successfully quitting cocaine are small. Our treatment centers have successfully treated patients with cocaine addiction and we would like to hear from you if you or someone close to you has developed a problem with cocaine.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

My Pastor yesterday spoke about the story of the apostle Paul ! He told us the story about Paul being taken to Rome to face trial for being a Christian.While on the way a great storm came and when all was said and done the great ship on which they traveled was destroyed but they all survived.My point , we all will face storms in life some great and some small !No matter what it is we face ,all we have to do is believe GOD and have faith and he will see us through.I sometimes personally feel everyday is a storm but as long as I have Jesus as the Captain of my ship there isn't a storm out there that will sink my ship. REMEMBER JESUS LOVES YOU!

PCB/Caron Co-sponsored Trainings You May Want To Attend!

PCB and Caron have scheduled their co-sponsored trainings which will be held at the state-of-the-art Caron training center in Wernersville. We are pleased to announce these co-sponsored trainings being offered from February through June 2012.  New trainings will be added as well so continue to check back with PCB to view a new array of available trainings.  PCB and Caron are committed to offering the best training opportunities possible so please take a few minutes to review our selections atwww.pacertboard.org/trainingscaron.asp and sign up to attend!  Thank you.

                                                                                 

Researchers Say They’ve Developed an Effective Heroin Vaccine Read more: Researchers Say They’ve Developed an Effective Heroin Vaccine

by John Lee

Drug abuse vaccines work by teaching the immune system to recognize certain drugs as molecules to be targeted for destruction. If the immune system can target and destroy a drug that is consumed, (like cocaine, nicotine or heroin) before it can exert its effects in the brain, then there is little reason for a person to use drugs. In this way, researchers hope that drug vaccines might prove effective tools in a personal battle against drug addiction.

Scientists have been working on a heroin vaccine for a while, but previous attempts have shown little promise. The problem has been that heroin is metabolized by the body very quickly into a number of psychoactive substances, all of which work together to create the heroin high.

So the Scripps team developed a vaccine that would target not only the heroin molecule, but also the chemical compounds that heroin degrades into, such as morphine and 6-acetylmorphine, and initial animal testing indicates that this new approach works very well.

• Heroin addicted rats which were given the vaccine developed antibodies to heroin and its metabolites and after vaccine administration pressed a heroin self administration lever less frequently than heroin addicted rats who were not given the vaccine.

In commenting on the success of the vaccine, lead study author Kim D. Janda, raved about the possibilities, saying, "In my 25 years of making drug-of-abuse vaccines, I haven't seen such a strong immune response as I have with what we term a dynamic anti-heroin vaccine. It is just extremely effective. The hope is that such a protective vaccine will be an effective therapeutic option for those trying to break their addiction to heroin."

The full study results can be read in the current edition of The American Chemical Society's Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!!

Are You Ready!!  When all is said and done will you be ready when you stand before the LORD!We are here on this planet for a reason and addiction is not one of them Addiction is one the most selfish things we partake in.We are here for others and not , I want what I want and i don't care what anybody else wants.Living with that thinking will only bring heartache pain and regret.We deep down know what we are supposed to do and how we are supposed to live so why do we continue to live in addiction , when we can have so much more.By giving of ourselves and living for others we gain,by taking and taking we lose. REMEMBER JESUS LOVES YOU!

English Man Dies of Caffeine Overdose

by John Lee

Michael Lee Bedford, 23, of Fir Tree Close died after taking a couple of spoonfuls of pure caffeine powder given to him at a party. At an inquest this week, his family called for a ban on the easy sale of the drug, or at the very least a mandatory warning on packages that explains the very real potential danger of a lethal overdose.

At the party, Bedford took a dose which was equivalent to roughly 70 energy drinks in a single sitting. The maximum recommended dose is 1/16 of a teaspoon.

Fifteen minutes after ingesting the caffeine Bedford began slurring his words, become incoherent, started sweating profusely and then began vomiting blood. Friends called an ambulance which arrived quickly, but it was too late for the young man who had ingested such an extreme dose of a very toxic substance.

At the inquest, Notts Coroner Dr Nigel Chapman railed against the sale of such a dangerous substance. He said the caffeine was purchased for just over 3 pounds on the internet and said the warning on the package was completely insufficient to the danger of the product, saying, “Who would take one sixteenth of a teaspoon? It's such a small dosage, the warning is so small on the front of it. If you're sharing a bag, carrying it around and if you hadn't seen the warning – it could be that anyone at the party could have taken it. It's so dangerous to take something like this

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