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Precision Medicine
4 May 2021
It is a chronic disorder that induces the patient to compulsively seek and consume illegal or legal drugs (tobacco and alcohol) or prescription drugs, despite the negative physical, mental, and emotional effects that drug addiction causes.
Drug addiction seriously damages the brain and causes severe behavioral disturbances due to the uncontrollable urge to obtain drugs and use them no matter what it takes to do so.
In general, consumption is voluntary and usually occurs in socialization and recreation areas, but as it becomes a habit, it gradually ceases to be an act of will to become a compulsion, since the addiction has produced a series of changes in the brain that affect your ability to control your behavior.
The addiction intensity and the speed at which you acquire it depends on the type of drugs, the predisposition, and the tolerance of each individual. However, in all cases, as the addiction progresses, higher doses of drugs are required to feel the expected effects, so the addiction’s damage and magnitude are progressive.
The physical and behavioral symptoms of drug addiction vary and include:
Potential risks:
Although anyone, regardless of age, gender, or social position, can become addicted, some factors have been identified that contribute to becoming addicted, such as:
Once your doctor analyzes your symptoms and clinical history, they will perform a physical examination and request blood and urine tests to identify drug use, although to determine addiction you must be psychologically evaluated by an addiction specialist.
The treatment seeks to get you away from drugs, avoid consumption, and prevent possible relapses, so it should include:
At the Neurological Center, a select group of highly trained and certified doctors in the various neurological specialties are ready to assist you with the quality and warmth that characterizes us.
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