| Social drinking is rather widespread in the modern world. It is sort of a tradition to have a little wine or beer during a meal in various restaurants and houses. Celebration of special days like birthdays and other holidays is rarely conducted without alcohol beverages. It is also commonplace to meet up with friends or acquaintances for a short drink after a working day. That is regarded as a way to keep in touch with them. Expensive alcohol beverages are also present at business lunches and negotiations. Though it is not an alcohol addiction, it still creates a foundation for intervention of alcohol in our life.
Alcohol addicts don't understand the fact that alcohol does harm not only to them, but it causes pain to their families. The rising amount of cases of domestic violence, suicides, innocent deaths is a consequence of deep penetration of alcohol into our lives. You should realize 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 drug use.
Antabuse (also known as disulfiram) was the first approved medicine used to cure alcoholic dependence. Its action is founded on provoking negative reaction if a person continues drinking when taking antabuse. It interferes with the metabolic process of the alcohol conversion and in this way stimulates hangover symptoms that are five to ten times greater that usually. A person who drinks while taking antabuse is confronted with such unpleasant symptoms as flushing, thirst, copious vomiting, throbbing headache, hypotension, blurred vision etc. Amidst more serious symptoms can be unconsciousness, myocardial infarction, respiratory depression and even death.
As you see, antabuse is a very strong medical product, so it can be given only to a person who understands how it works and is absolutely serious about quitting drinking. Antabuse contra-indicated to people with a history of heart disease, mental illness or an allergy to antabuse. Expectant mothers are also prohibited to use antabuse. So it's a good idea to visit a doctor before starting with alcoholism curing process.
Take into consideration that antabuse is effective only in case of long-term use. If a person takes one tablet, he can simply start drinking in a couple of days again. Great news is that European researches showed that the longer people use antabuse, the more efficient it is, since they develop a habit of not drinking. So your health is in your hands, as is your future. |
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