Ecstasy is often presented as an easy, completely non-dangerous drug, which can be easily abandoned if desired. However, in reality the use of "magic" tablets can cause the strongest psychological dependence and can have extremely unfavorable consequences for health.
Consequences of using ecstasy
A characteristic feature of Ecstasy is the blocking of the body's natural warning systems. After the use of tablets, there is a sharp increase in physical and muscle activity. A person after Extasy seems that his endurance is beyond, he is mobile and incredibly energetic. Such self-confidence can lead to negative consequences. Being under the influence of tablets, a person simply does not notice that something abnormal happens to him, and at this time his body suffers a severe heat stroke. This is just one example of what is harmful to ecstasy for the body.
Mental disorder
The psychical consequences of ecstasy include hallucinations that occur against the background of the action of tablets. When their effect stops, the addict feels the strongest depression, exhaustion and decay. Ecstasy deprives the addict of feelings of hunger and need for sleep, exerting the strongest psycho-stimulating effect on him, so some take the drug for several days in a row.
Effect on organs of
Ecstasy causes serious harm to almost all organs. The whole body suffers from the pills:
- Heart. Ecstasy creates increased stresses on the cardiovascular system, causing pressure jumps, increased heart rate, heart rhythm disturbances, etc.;
- Liver. Ecstasy has a destructive effect on the cellular structure of the liver. If a person begins to consume large doses of ecstasy, then hepatic insufficiency develops, then coma and death;
- Blood. Against the background of the use of ecstasy, the addict develops an ICE syndrome, which is characterized first by an increase in blood clotting with the formation of clots, followed by a sharp decrease in coagulation, leading to unceasing bleeding and death;
- Kidney. Tablets can lead to the development of acute kidney failure and further death.
Overdose of
Experts do not know the exact dosage of a drug that can provoke lethal effects on the body, however, after examining people who died of an overdose, it was found that in their blood the concentration of the drug was 0.17-13.51 ml / liter, which equates to 2-10 tablets. The exact dosage is determined by organic characteristics and additional factors like alcohol, etc. Therefore, the number of tablets causing an overdose is also individual.
Signs and symptoms
The classic picture of an overdose of ecstasy intake suggests the presence of such signs:
- The pronounced hyperthermia is up to 40-42 ° C.Such an increase in temperature indicators is fraught with cardiovascular disorders, protein denaturation, seizures, etc. Against the background of hyperthermia, deaths are frequent due to an attack, muscle necrosis, collapse, etc.;
- Increased pulse and a sharp rise in pressure, which is fraught with cerebral hemorrhage or rupture of the coronary vessel;
- The sodium level is sharply reduced, which can lead to brain edema and death;
- State of anxiety and panic;
- Fainting condition, blurred skin, etc.
Treatment of
If an overdose is avoided, undesirable consequences and even fatal outcome will be helped by timely help from others. If you see that a person who recently used "cheerful" pills, lost his senses and is unconscious, then it is necessary to call an ambulance without delay. Independent treatment at home can not help, such patients need hospitalization.
It would have been nice to find witnesses who can report the type and quantity of the drug used before the doctors arrive. Then the task of doctors was much easier - just to save. Often it happens that in a large company, tusishey at a club disco, just do not notice when one falls into an unconscious state. This happens especially often when tablets are taken by the company together. After all, they are needed to fall into a euphoric state and relax, dance and make love until the morning, showing the unprecedented mastery of a lover / lover. But the effect is short-lived, and sometimes deadly, because death from an ecstasy overdose is a very common phenomenon.
It is recommended to put ice on the main arteries. It is recommended to dilute the drinking solution of the regadron. This will help support the patient before medical help.
Dependence development
Ecstasy causes psychological dependence, although narcotics distributors deny this and at the sale of tablets claim the opposite. Soon, with the regular use of "cheerful" pills, a person gets into the network of dependence, when without them to reach a state with a normal mood, he can not. This indicates that it is gradually addictive.
Unlike other drugs, the stasis of ecstasy is not definitively defined. The tablets cause the narcologists a lot of difficulties, because they have dangerous consequences, up to the death. The development of dependence is evidenced by the fact that a man without pills is in a state of profound and unending depression. This dependence develops rather quickly, but it can not be stopped in time.
Treatment of
Treatment of dependence should be carried out in specialized clinics, where professional doctors are involved. First, the patient needs detoxification, which will rid the body of poisonous narcotic substances. After withdrawal of abstinence with drug addicts, serious psychological work is carried out, the patient undergoes rehabilitation and social adaptation. Of great importance is reflexotherapy, ultrasound treatment, massage procedures, psychological training, etc. It is the comprehensive approach that can provide a complete cure for drug addiction.
In the process of treatment, in addition to detoxification, the patient undergoes several stages of treatment, including recovery of the body, treatment of brain disorders, rehabilitation and socialization. Complicating the process of treatment is the fact that the pills do not provoke physiological dependence, they affect the psychological side of the person more. Ecstasy has a rather severe withdrawal syndrome, characterized by convulsive seizures, a depressed state, problems with sleep and arrhythmic changes, paranoia and other abnormalities of the psyche. To change the situation and become normal, a person needs to take a dose of ecstasy, which consists not of just one pill.
It often happens that a drug addict does not achieve the proper effect of ecstasy, this is the reason for taking heavier drugs. Therefore, people with ecstasy dependence need urgent help.