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PCP Treatment Centers for PCP Addiction

If you have a PCP addiction there are PCP treatment centers ready to help you NOW. Your PCP addiction is slowly destroying your body and mind. You need help for your addiction to PCP, which is taking over your life, hurting those closest to you and stealing your dreams. You have tried to stop using PCP, but can't stop. You have always returned, worse than before. We know, we've been there and couldn't do it by ourselves either. Call Recovery Connection® NOW for help. Call 1-800-99-DETOX.

What is PCP?

PCP addiction is caused by the abuse of PCP (phencyclidine). It was developed in the 1950s as an intravenous anesthetic. Its use in humans was discontinued in 1965, because patients often experience PCP addiction, becoming agitated, delusional, and irrational while recovering from its anesthetic effects.

PCP street names include: angel dust, ozone, wack, and rocket fuel. Killer joints and crystal super-grass are names that refer to PCP combined with marijuana. The variety of street names for PCP reflects its bizarre and volatile effects. The abuse of PCP almost certainly leads to PCP addiction.

PCP is a white crystalline powder that is readily soluble in water or alcohol. It has a distinctive bitter chemical taste. PCP can be mixed easily with dyes and turns up on the illicit drug market in a variety of tablets, capsules, and colored powders. It is normally used in one of three ways: snorted, smoked, or ingested. For smoking, PCP is often applied to a leafy material such as mint, parsley, oregano, or marijuana. Regardless of its form, PCP addiction can occur from continued use of the drug.

Addiction Health Hazards

PCP is addictive. The repeated use of PCP can lead to PCP addiction complete with craving and compulsive PCP-seeking behavior. First introduced as a street drug in the 1960s, PCP quickly gained a reputation as a drug that could cause bad reactions and was not worth the risk. After using PCP once, many people will not knowingly use it again. Others attribute their continued use to feelings of strength, power, invulnerability, and a numbing effect on the mind.

PCP Treatment

Many PCP users are brought for PCP treatment to emergency rooms because of PCP overdose or because of the drug's unpleasant psychological effects. In a hospital or detention setting, those with a PCP addiction often become violent or suicidal and are very dangerous to themselves and others. They should be kept in a calm PCP treatment setting and not be left alone.

The Effects of PCP

At low to moderate doses, physiological effects of PCP include:

At high doses of PCP the effects may include:

PCP addiction can also cause seizures, coma, and death (though death more often results from accidental injury or suicide during PCP intoxication). High doses can cause symptoms that mimic schizophrenia, such as delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, disordered thinking, a sensation of distance from one's environment, and catatonia. Speech is often sparse and garbled.

People who use PCP for long periods report memory loss, difficulties with speech and thinking, depression, and weight loss. These symptoms can persist up to a year after stopping PCP use. Mood disorders also have been reported. PCP has sedative effects, and interactions with other central nervous system depressants, such as alcohol and benzodiazepines, can lead to coma.

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