New York Drug Rehab has extensive experience with opiate addiction and withdrawals. Codeine, which is a mild acting opiate, will have the same withdrawal syndrome associated with the detoxification from heroine or other opiates, but at a much lesser degree of discomfort. Physical symptoms may include, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, anxiety, muscle and bone pain, runny nose, tearing eyes, yawning, excessive sneezing, etc.
While this withdrawal syndrome is uncomfortable, the medical risks associated with it are very low. However, due to the extreme discomfort experienced during detoxification, most Codine addicts need to go into a detox program before they check into treatment. The withdrawal symptoms are analgous to a case of the flu and offer even less longterm effects.
Persons with high blood presure or heart disease should contact their doctors to ensure that there won't be any untoward effects in those areas due to the withdrawal from codeine.
In years past, New York Drug Rehab counselors were confronted with a much higher percentage of codeine addiction and withdrawal than is seen today. Most states have passed laws that prohibit the sale of codeine based cough suryps without a perscription, however, in the past, it was common practice to be able to purchase these products over the counter, requiring only a signature by the buyer. Today you see codeine most widely used in conjunction with Tylenol 3.
Most individuals that are seeking residential withdrawal support and treatment have been using codeine for its euphoric, opiate effects. Addicted users take up to 400 mgs. per dose to get the desired effect. Since codeine is manufactured in conjunction with cough suryp or in tandum with Tylenol, the dangers of taking this amount of codeine is the amount of the other drugs, or toxins, that are taken along with the codeine. On the whole, opiates are not as dangerous to the body as many other street drugs, but in these combinations, they are quite toxic to the liver, especially when alcohol is being used to enhance the "high".
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