Amphetamines-Ice

Cardiac sequelae are the second most common cause of death (behind overdose) in patients who use methamphetamines (“meth”). Like cocaine use, use of methamphetamines can produce both acute and chronic cardiovascular disease. Acute intoxication with methamphetamines produces a hyperadrenergic state, not unlike having a pheochromocytoma.… Read More »Cocaine and methamphetamine addicts often have heart disease. Why? How is a diagnosis made?

Chronic methamphetamine use causes neuroadaptive/pathological changes in the brain, including numerous cognitive deficits plus mood, thought and behavioral disorders, the worst of which is psychosis. Research by Wang et al, (2015) found similar patterns of delusions common in patients with schizophrenia among those with methamphetamine-induced… Read More »Methamphetamine Psychosis and Schizophrenia

Abstract Background Amphetamine abuse is becoming more widespread internationally. The possibility that its many cardiovascular complications are associated with a prematurely aged cardiovascular system, and indeed biological organism systemically, has not been addressed. Methods Radial arterial pulse tonometry was performed using the SphygmoCor system (Sydney). 55 amphetamine… Read More »Acceleration of cardiovascular-biological age by amphetamine exposure is a power function of chronological age

Drug Culture Can be Changed A recent study has found that life skills training early intervention programs can be cost effective in turning off youths from using ICE (methamphetamines). The skills training program aimed at parents and schools were assessed to return ten times the… Read More »Drug Culture Can be Changed

Speed use Higher than Heroin The number of people in New South Wales dependent on methamphetamine, such as speed far exceeds dependent heroin users. The reason for this is that the number of dependent speed users has increased. This increase in speed dependency has placed… Read More »Speed use Higher than Heroin

Brain Tissue Damage from Drugs A University of California study has shown a massive destruction of brain tissue by using the illicit drug methamphetamine known as ‘Meth’. The use of Meth causes severe inflammation of brain tissue making the brain 10 per cent larger than… Read More »Brain Tissue Damage from Drugs

Increase in Use of Speed International organised criminals that control heroin production have switched their major source of Australian income to the drug speed. This business decision has brought about a herion drought in Australia and an increase in imported speed. This decision by these… Read More »Increase in Use of Speed

Methampetamine PCMS SUBMITS RESOLUTIONS TO IMS HOUSE OF DELEGATES RESOLUTION Introduced by: Polk County Medical Society Subject: Michael E. Abrams, M.D. WHEREAS, Michael E. Abrams, M.D., passed away on January 4, 1999; a member of the Polk County Medical Society and the Iowa Medical Society… Read More »Methampetamine

Amphetamines by Post The latest report of the Australian Crime Commission discloses that 95 per cent of amphetamine type stimulants are detected through the postal stream. Main amphetamine type stimulants include speed, ICE, MDMA, methamphetamines and ecstasy. Use of amphetamine type stimulants can lead to… Read More »Amphetamines by Post

The Ice Epidemic The use of the club drug ICE is now at epidemic levels and is more dangerous than HEROIN. Using ICE for the first time led to the death of a young Queenslander. ICE is highly addictive and is cheap and easy to… Read More »The Ice Epidemic