| Methampethamine- does this word seem familiar to | | | | affected. A crystal addict is more likely to suffer |
| you? If not, then perhaps the terms "meth", "ice,", | | | | from mental depression and other mental |
| "crystal", or "glass" would ring a bell. Yes, | | | | disturbances. What are the effects of |
| methamphetamine is THAT illegal drug- potent and | | | | methamphetamine addiction? Methamphetamine |
| dangerous when abused. "Meth" is a strongly | | | | addiction effects are short-term and long-term. |
| addictive substance, and a psycho stimulant drug. It | | | | Short-term effects of meth abuse are heightened |
| comes as no surprise that so many individuals of all | | | | attention and hyperactivity. For some, they |
| ages are enmeshed in methamphetamine addiction. | | | | experience decreased fatigue, appetite changes. |
| But on the other hand, "meth" is also available | | | | Respiratory functions also increase, and blood |
| through prescription, and refilled. As a prescribed | | | | pressure rises. As for the long-term or chronic |
| drug, "meth" is used to treat attention deficit | | | | effects of methamphethamine addiction, they are |
| hyperactivity disorder. Sometimes, it is also used as | | | | drastic weight loss, altered brain and nervous system |
| an anti-obesity agent. "Ice" is a drug which has high | | | | functions and damage to major organs such as the |
| potential for abuse. | | | | heart and the lungs. |
| Meth is a crystal form of hydrochloride and it | | | | Violent behavior can also be consequences of |
| stimulates the nervous system when taken. What | | | | constant meth use. Mood disturbance and anxiety are |
| causes methamphetamine addiction? Primarily, crystal | | | | long-term meth addiction effects as well. Misuse of |
| dependency starts with misuse. There are people | | | | methamphetamine may cause transmission of HIV |
| who take meth illegally to lose weight and maintain it. | | | | and hepatitis B and C. Withdrawal from |
| Others abuse crystal, or glass for recreation. While | | | | methamphetamine addiction causes symptoms such |
| methamphetamine is availed of through prescription, it | | | | as depression, anxiety, weight loss and intense |
| can also be prepared in a (small) laboratory. Users | | | | craving for the drug. Mood changes are also |
| may ingest the drug through smoking, or a syringe. | | | | experienced because neurotransmitter activity in the |
| Methamphetamine dependency takes place through | | | | brain is altered by the substance. An addiction is akin |
| misuse, and regular use from hence. The meth user | | | | to a vicious spiral which only takes it's victim down, |
| requires more and more dosage of the substance. It | | | | and further. It can be so much of a trying struggle to |
| is then anticipated that the "glass" user develops a | | | | emerge from it. So it goes for methamphetamine |
| constant craving for it. | | | | addiction, which can only be as vicious as it is having |
| And so there goes-methamphetamine addiction. In | | | | to get involved with a highly addictive, potent and |
| meth addiction, the drug inhaled or smoked deposits | | | | dangerous substance. |
| in the brain. Cellular processes in the brain are then | | | | |