| Social drinking has become quite popular in the modern world. It is sort of a tradition to include a little wine or beer during a meal in a great number of houses and restaurants. Celebration of special days such as weddings and other red-letter days is rarely carried out without alcohol drinks. It is also commonplace to meet up with acquaintances or friends for a short drink after work. That is regarded as a way to stay in touch. Expensive alcoholic beverages are also present at business lunches and negotiations. Although it's not an alcohol addiction, it still creates a foundation for intervention of alcohol in our life.
Alcohol addicts do not realize the fact that alcohol does harm not only to them, but it brings pain to their relatives. The rising number of cases of suicides, domestic violence, innocent deaths is a consequence of alcohol deep penetration into our life. You should remember that alcohol is a form of drugs, and alcoholic dependence is a form of drugs abuse. The withdrawal from this abuse is as difficult as from drugs application.
Antabuse (aka disulfiram) was the first approved medication used to cure alcoholic addiction. Its action is founded on provoking negative reaction in case a person continues drinking while using antabuse. It interferes with the process of the alcohol conversion and thus stimulates hangover symptoms that are 5 to 10 times greater that usually. A person who drinks when taking antabuse confronts with such disagreeable symptoms as flushing, thirst, chest pain, throbbing headache, vertigo, weakness etc. Amid more serious symptoms can be respiratory depression, myocardial infarction, unconsciousness and even death.
As far as you can see, antabuse is a very strong medication, that is why it can be given only to a person who knows exactly how it works and is absolutely serious about quitting drinking. Antabuse counter-indicative to people with a history of heart disease, mental disease or an allergy to antabuse. Pregnant women are also prohibited to take antabuse. So it's a good idea to visit a physician before starting with alcoholism treatment.
Take into account that antabuse is efficient only in case of long-term use. If a person takes one pill, he may simply start drinking in several days again. Good news is that European investigations showed that the longer people use antabuse, the more effective it is, since they develop a custom of not drinking. So your health is in your hands, as is your future. |
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