Have questions? Get a free consultation Alcoholism – a rather serious disease, from which you become attached to the constant use of alcoholic beverages. This can further lead to serious consequences for the body. An injection for alcoholism is one of the ways to get rid of addiction.
In the modern world, treating alcoholism has become much easier; now it is enough to use one injection to prevent this addiction. But it is possible to come to this method of treatment only if the patient himself gives his consent to this. And if a person himself passionately wants to change his life, then only then will the necessary result of treatment be visible.
The effectiveness and success of this treatment has been proven to depend on the patient’s desire to be cured, on the stage of alcoholism itself and on the drug that will be used for treatment.
What is the principle of injection for alcoholism?
This method of control with the help of the necessary injection protects the patient’s body from the harmful effects of ethanol. Injection coding is considered not a cure, but a barrier against the entry of harmful substances. This remedy can be quite effective in preventing heavy drinking habits.
This encoding has two modes of action:
In the body, injections block the release of certain enzymes by the liver, which begin to process ethyl alcohol. As a result, it is not able to decompose into substances that are not dangerous to the body. If the patient consumes a small dose of alcohol after he has received the necessary injection for alcohol addiction, the results will begin to be reflected in the immediate appearance of a withdrawal syndrome with quite noticeable properties.
Blocking the brain centers that are responsible for pleasure. This injection will completely stop all the appearance of feelings of a euphoric state that previously occurred under the influence of ethanol. The patient who drank alcohol after taking this medicine does not get drunk, but only feels the rather severe properties of his hangover.
The effect of injection coding can last from 1 to 5 years - everything will depend on the total volume of the drug administered. An injection for alcoholism, which is given immediately for a whole year, can be considered effective. But everyone needs an individual approach. Only a narcologist can choose the most suitable one for each person, and everything will depend on the stage of alcoholism and the patient’s overall condition.
Classification of prick coding methods
A person dependent on the effects of alcohol can choose the preferred injection himself, with the help of relatives, or with the advice of a narcologist:
- intravenously - this method allows you to quickly introduce a therapeutic concentration of the drug into the body, after which it is distributed through the blood to all organs in a matter of minutes. Intravenous injections often result in symptoms of poisoning, but this method of administration is more effective in cases of severe addiction or in circumstances where results are urgently needed. When administered intravenously, the drug Aquilong is effective;
- intramuscularly - this is how drugs are administered for coding in cases of minor addiction; drugs (for example, Algominal) for intramuscular administration act in the body for up to three years;
- under the shoulder blade - in this case, a gel-like preparation is injected, which over time becomes overgrown with connective tissue and causes an aversion to alcohol-containing products;
- an injection into the liver causes signs of poisoning and is carried out in emergency cases and with the participation of an experienced narcologist of the highest category.
According to the mechanism of action, there are two groups of injections:
- disulfiram components that block metabolic processes involving ethanol in tissues and organs, as a result of which the patient exhibits clinical signs of poisoning - nausea, dizziness, bowel movements, panic attacks, difficulty breathing. These symptoms cause fear of recurrence of complications after drinking;
- Naltrexone drugs also have a blocking effect, but in relation to endorphins, which are responsible for the emotional uplift after drinking alcohol. After an injection of naltrexone components, the patient ceases to feel a surge of strength during the process of drinking and does not experience any positive emotions. Gradually this condition becomes stable and the craving for alcohol stops.
The choice of one injection or another, the method of administration depends on:
- length of the patient's period of dependence
- the intensity of his drinking
- amount of alcohol consumed.
In any case, the patient must understand that his health is not in danger. Only as long as he avoids drinking alcohol, of course. We are even talking about pharmaceuticals containing alcohol. During abstinence, a persistent habit of a sober lifestyle is developed.
What tools exist for injection coding?
In drug treatment clinics there is now a fairly decent list of medical products that are used for injection to stop alcoholism, but many patients do not even know what can be hidden behind these names. This can be directly linked to the lack of one specific standardization of anti-alcohol drugs, from which we can conclude that some of them have almost the same composition. The price is a clear difference from everything. Medicines that are used to treat alcoholism are often classified into two drug groups.
Coding
The most important thing in curing alcohol addiction is the sincere desire of the person himself, without undue pressure from doctors or relatives. In our clinic, experienced qualified specialists can help set the future patient on the right path. As our extensive practice shows, treatment is much better and more effective when the alcoholic himself wants to get rid of his condition. Only when the patient expresses voluntary consent to carry out the necessary procedures can we provide him with qualified assistance.
Currently, Ugodiya uses two types of drugs to treat alcoholism by injection. Each of them has both disadvantages and advantages. It is very important to choose the right treatment method according to the individual needs of the patient.
Injections against alcoholism for coding are made only after a period of sobriety, which should last no less than 7-10 days.
Benefits of injections for alcoholism
This injection method has gained popularity and become quite popular, as it has a number of advantages.
Positive features of getting rid of alcohol addiction with an injection include:
High productivity and effectiveness of treatment at all stages of alcoholism
Patients of any age can be treated
Slightly traumatic, since there is no need to sew the drug anywhere,
The effect of one product is long-term, there is no need to repeat these procedures often.
The patient’s well-being is unlikely to change if all doctors’ recommendations are followed conscientiously,
Coding itself with injectable drugs for alcoholism gives amazing results; using this drug is quite effective.
And in order to further increase the effectiveness of using this drug, a special psychotherapeutic effect is used on the patient.
Before giving a patient an injection, a narcologist must consult the patient about all the possible consequences that alcohol can cause, and after administering the drug, a little alcoholic drink is dripped onto the tongue, which can instantly lead to the appearance of clear negative signs.
Consequences after the injection
After the injection, the body's reaction to ethyl alcohol changes. The liver enzymes responsible for processing alcohol are blocked. As a result, even after a small dose of alcohol, withdrawal occurs.
Instead of the former feeling of intoxication, a person experiences a headache, nausea, diarrhea, surges in blood pressure, possible breathing problems and fainting. Unpleasant physical symptoms deter a person from consuming alcohol in the future.
It is important to note that injection coding is carried out only with the voluntary consent of the patient. Coding has the proper result in conjunction with the patient’s motivation and psychological readiness to give up alcohol.
After injection coding, adverse reactions may occur: physical and psychological.
Physical side effects include:
- Eating disorders: excessive eating or loss of interest in food. The patient needs to monitor his diet to avoid unwanted weight fluctuations and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- Due to changes in metabolic processes in the body, weight fluctuations are possible;
- Decreased physical activity, apathy;
- Pain in the head and joints. You can relieve unwanted sensations by taking painkillers;
- Allergies: skin itching, minor rash. Anaphylactic shock occurs extremely rarely, so the procedure is carried out strictly under the supervision of a doctor;
- Decreased libido.
According to patient reviews, psychological side effects include increased irritability, persistent decreased mood and anxiety.
Alcoholism is a disease that is based on a person’s inability to live in sobriety. Alcoholic drinks are an easy way to escape from traumatic reality. Therefore, it is important to combine coding with a course of psychotherapy. Otherwise, not being able to cope with feelings with the help of alcohol, a person may resort to other addictions: gambling, smoking, etc.
TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM
Contraindications and various consequences
Like any drug treatment, stopping alcohol dependence with injections has a number of disadvantages. The disadvantages of such therapy include:
- Before making an injection, you need to limit yourself from drinking alcohol for a whole week;
- There is a huge list of various contraindications and restrictions,
- The drug is completely unsuitable for home treatment,
- The high price tag is also a big disadvantage.
It is important to understand that when using this method, you must immediately tell the patient about it. A drinking person must independently come to the decision to rid himself of alcohol addiction. And after this, you can use medications that will help you get rid of a bad and dangerous habit.
Coding for alcoholism thanks to medications, like any other therapeutic methods, may not always be applicable, because it has a number of important contraindications, and sometimes can easily provoke an increase in consequences dangerous for the body. The main contraindications to the use of medication coding usually include:
- Serious pathologies of the cardiovascular system;
- Diseases of the pancreas and liver;
- Diseases of the respiratory system;
- Neuropsychiatric disorders;
- Malignant processes.
When treating alcoholism with drugs whose active ingredient is disulfiram, which prevents the breakdown of ethanol, it is important to understand that serious consequences can sometimes occur. The most dangerous conditions are: cerebral edema, stroke, heart attack. Any of the above pathologies can lead to death, but can only appear if the coded person starts drinking alcohol again.
What drugs inject
Esperal
A widely known anti-alcohol drug is Esperal. A substance called Disulfiram, which is part of the drug, blocks liver enzymes responsible for processing alcohol. As a result, the body loses the ability to process ethanol breakdown products, and abstinence occurs. Esperal is used only if the patient consents to coding.
Vivitrol
Vivitrol is effective in drug treatment practice. Naltrexone, which is part of it, blocks opioid receptors that are responsible for the feeling of joy after drinking alcohol. After a feast, a person does not feel pleasantly intoxicated and loses interest in strong drinks.
Torpedo
In this case, the introduction of Torpedo in the treatment of alcoholism provokes severe abstinence after drinking alcoholic beverages. After entering the body, ethyl alcohol breaks down into water and carbon dioxide, which leads to intoxication.
CODING FROM ALCOHOLISM
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Let's sum it up
Treatment for alcohol addiction through injections is one of the most effective and fairly simple methods. But in order to achieve the necessary best result, contraindications must be identified before further implementation. It is important to completely stop using alcohol during this period.
In addition, medication coding can only be carried out with the voluntary permission of the alcoholic. And only in a hospital, where any risks are absolutely excluded.
Vivitrol
For those who consider drug coding with disulfiram and its analogues dangerous, coding with an injection with the main active ingredient Naltrexone - for example, the drug Vivitrol - is suitable.
Alcoholism can be cured with the help of Vivitrol only with strict adherence to the schedule of visits to the doctor: intravenous coding using this drug is carried out in a course. Most often, intravenous injection of a dose of medication is required once a month for six months.
Alcohol injection: Tetlong-250
Tetlong-250 injection contains microcrystals of the active substance (disulfiram). Injected into muscle tissue, the drug is absorbed into the blood within 20 days. According to some reports, Tetlong-250 promotes the production of dopamine, having a positive effect on the patient’s mental state. Therefore, the drug is used not only to relieve cravings, but also to prevent drug addiction and alcoholism.
There are many contraindications to the use of the drug Tetlong-250:
- pregnancy
- breast-feeding
- polyneuritis
- convulsive syndrome
- epilepsy
- mental illness
- oncological tumors
- blood disease
- renal failure
- stomach ulcer
- duodenal ulcer
- bronchial asthma
- emphysema
- diabetes
- glaucoma
- Optic neuritis
- hypertonic disease
- vascular atherosclerosis
- stroke
- myocardial infarction
- diseases of the cardiovascular system
Many of the above diseases do not have obvious symptoms. They are detected by examining the patient, who is often unaware of their presence. If the patient knows about any disease, he must notify the doctor about it. Without the patient’s consent, filing with Tetlong-250 is impossible.
Coding procedure for alcoholism by injection into a vein
Many people are held back from coding by fear: they don’t know what will happen next, and how they will feel immediately after the injection.
If the patient has properly prepared for coding, then after the injection he will not feel any changes in his health. But if traces of alcohol remain in the body, the whole picture of the symptoms of intoxication that we have already mentioned will unfold.
Preparation for the procedure is simple: do not drink anything at least three days before the drug is administered. but since alcoholics almost always have impaired liver function, and it takes longer for alcohol to be excreted, we recommend that our patients wait 5-7 days after the last drink. If you are currently taking any medication, be sure to tell the doctor who will give you the injection.
We often perform coding with an injection after we have detoxified and recovered from heavy drinking. But injections that help abstain from drinking cannot be done in secret from an alcoholic: he must know what is happening to him and be prepared for changes in his life. He will have to completely give up any drinking, even on holidays. It is better if, immediately after coding or before it, a person undergoes treatment for alcoholism in a closed center, or works with a psychologist. This will help him get used to a new way of life faster and easier, learn to relax and communicate without alcohol, and resist the persuasion of friends to drink for company.
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How to make the transition to sober life easier after coding
Coding from alcohol with an injection is only the beginning of recovery. When the body is cleansed of alcohol breakdown products and the drug is administered, the desire to drink will become much weaker. Slowly the body will begin to restore tissues and normal biochemical processes in them. You will see positive changes week after week until your physical and mental health is restored.
But old habits are very strong, and they are not so easy to get rid of. The habit of drinking at lunch or dinner, going out for a drink after work, watching football in the company of alcohol, celebrating the end of the work week with friends. Usually an alcoholic has no other entertainment or worries other than searching for and drinking alcohol. Now all my free time needs to be occupied with something else.
Returning to work is an important factor that will contribute to a quick recovery after coding. The opportunity to do something useful and enjoy it is important, but at first any job will do: the main condition is the need to communicate with people, leave the house, and be visible.
What to do on the weekend? It’s better if it’s a vacation with your family, in nature, or cultural leisure.
Many former alcoholics get involved in some kind of sport, go to the gym, and achieve good results. As soon as you find a hobby you like, the issue of leisure will be resolved.
Do not try to organize a trip to nature, fishing, with friends from the company where you drank. Typically, breakdowns and subsequent hospitalization after coding occur under pressure from friends.
Contraindications to the administration of drugs for alcoholism
- You cannot code a person for binge drinking or abstinence.
- Heart disease in the acute phase, the first two to three months after a heart attack or stroke.
- Mental disorders, epilepsy in the acute phase.
- Acute infectious diseases.
- Pregnancy.
We study the health status of our patients before coding, collect data about all diseases and reactions to drugs.
