Contents:
- Medical Video: Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol
- Why do people mix alcohol with drugs?
- What is the impact of consuming alcohol mixed with other drugs?
- Anti-depressant
- Stimulants
- Opiates
- Cocaine
- Antihistamines
- Sedative and tranquilizer
- How do you deal with addiction mixing alcohol and other drugs?
Medical Video: Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol
Very often there are cases of someone mixing alcohol and tranquilizers, or other drugs. Eating alcohol and certain drugs at the same time can give certain side effects, such as headaches, nausea, vomiting to shortness of breath, even the adverse effects can cause death. Eating alcohol and drugs together can speed up the workings of the liver and trigger poisoning.
Why do people mix alcohol with drugs?
According to Behavioral Health of Palm Beach data, in America most people mix drugs with alcohol aged 18-30 years. Adults are more susceptible to poisoning with a mixture of alcohol and drugs because the metabolism of adults is slower than that of young people. There are several factors behind this action, one of which is trying to become addicted. Mixing alcohol and drugs is common, so it is not realized that there is a risk of mixing alcohol and drugs.
In addition, usually people who are having severe problems want to calm down, for example because they are having severe personal problems. This may also be done when a person has certain disorders such as sleep disturbances, wanting the medication he is taking to work faster.
What is the impact of consuming alcohol mixed with other drugs?
There are several drugs that will have a certain effect when taken with alcohol, here are some lists of these drugs:
Anti-depressant
There are several types of anti-depressant drugs. The function of this drug is to slow the brain to work, usually used in patients with anxiety disorders and sleep disorders. These drugs have calming effects such as benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium). Eating alcohol and antidepressants can calm your heart rate and breathing, but if you drink too much it can have some effects such as sudden headaches, loss of consciousness and memory, and even death.
Stimulants
If the anti-depressant has a calming effect, stimulants have an adrenaline, heart, and breathing effect. There are several types of stimulant drugs, usually used in obese people, even given to people with ADHD. Consuming continuous stimulants is not good, especially consumed together with alcohol, such as the stimulants of dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine and Adderall) and methylphenidate (Ritalin and Concerta) types. The effect of combining stimulants and alcohol can prevent the effects of alcohol itself. When taken together it will keep you active, but inappropriate dosages cause weakening of body coordination, fainting, and even death. This is because people who mix alcohol and stimulants can not predict the amount of mixing, resulting in poisoning in the body.
Opiates
Opiates are usually used to calm the mind and relieve pain, one type of opiates that is well known is morphine. Like anti-depressants and stimulants, opiates also have various types of drugs, some of which are Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet. Consuming alcohol mixed with opiates can cause slowing of breathing, low blood pressure and slowing heart rate, coma, and can even cause death.
Cocaine
As written by the Indonesian National Narcotics Agency, cocaine is one of the most popular types of drugs in Indonesia. Taking cocaine can cause euphoria, hallucinations, delirium, panic, increased self-confidence. Taking cocaine together with alcohol can increase blood pressure and trigger heart attacks and strokes.
Antihistamines
This type of drug is used to treat allergies. Taking antihistamines can cause dizziness, drowsiness and blurred vision. If this drug is mixed with alcohol, it can cause drowsiness and trigger an accident.
Sedative and tranquilizer
Tranquilizer is included in the CNS (Central Nervous System) depressants, while sedatives are better known as sleeping pills. This drug is used for sufferers of sleep disorders, anxiety disorders, and quickly triggered anger. Almost the same as anti-depressants, taking this drug with alcohol can cause severe drowsiness. The bad effects are heart and lung failure.
How do you deal with addiction mixing alcohol and other drugs?
Consult a rehab for alcohol and drugs if you have tried and reached a stage of dependence. Find out about rehabilitation sites around you, or you can visit the nearest hospital to ask for a rehabilitation center that you can visit. You can also visit the rehabilitation site BNN Lido Bogor. There are things that need to be considered when you decide to visit a place of rehabilitation, such as a commitment to change habits, identify and set targets to change, get used to being more responsible, and change perspectives.
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