Inhalants Addiction Treatment and Rehab
Inhalants are classified into four categories:
- Aerosols: Aerosols are typically in a spray can and propel chemicals for someone to inhale. These generally include spray paints, keyboard cleaner (duster), hair sprays, and even cooking sprays (vegetable oil).
- Volatile solvents: These solvents are vaporized from liquids and can be purchased easily. Paint thinner and remover, glue, gasoline, and markers are included in this category.
- Gases: Many gases are obtainable and commonly misused. Inhalant gases may include nitrous oxide, ether, refrigerants, butane lighters, and chloroform. Nitrous oxide is misused more often and a person can find it in a whipped cream dispenser.
- Nitrates: Nitrates work differently from other inhalants as they relax one’s muscles instead of producing a psychoactive effect. Nitrate inhalants are normally used as a sexual enhancer and referred to as “poppers.”
Unfortunately, inhalants carry a great risk for misuse and often lead to substance use disorder.
- Impaired motor skills (stumbling, unable to keep balance)
- Hallucinations
- Impaired judgment
- Slurred speech
- Euphoria
- Dizziness
- Unconsciousness
- Convulsions
Behavioral signs of inhalant misuse often include:
- Regularly sniffing clothing sleeves
- Stains from paint or other substances on the fingers, face, or clothing
- Clothes or rags that smell like harsh chemicals
- Hiding containers, cans, and butane lighters
- Odd or bad breath (chemical odor)
Long-term, regular use of inhalants can cause serious damage to one’s vital organs, such as the brain, lungs, and heart. It is best to find effective treatment early on to prevent any irreversible damage.
Detoxification is difficult but obtainable with the right help. If someone is struggling with addiction and attempts to detox alone they have a higher risk of recurring use.
If you or a loved one is in need of medical detoxification, The Recovery Village can help make a substance-free life fun, and obtainable. We offer a safe environment for our patients in which they have access to 24/7 care and are provided medication to help ease the symptoms that occur from substance discontinuance.
Our team is dedicated to helping you live a substance-free life and to have a positive recovery. Counseling is provided to help a person struggling with addiction to discover what caused their substance misuse, to develop strategies to prevent recurrence of use and to promote long-term recovery.
At The Recovery Village, our outpatient treatment program allows patients to return to their daily life, including frequent visits for inhalant treatments. Therapy is still offered for our outpatient options.
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