Drugs and AIDS:形影accompanied by the devil
 
 
Authors: WANG Xiao-jing Release Date: (2009-06-27)
     June 25, International Day Against Drugs day before 10 o'clock, Beijing陶然亭Park Lake.
Here, some people in the walk, and some social dance in the dance, enjoyable. Bustling group of people who are walking, attracted many people to see, walking with a young girl, young man, there are forty to fifty-year-old middle-aged, all covered with sweat going, bravely rushed out.
Participate in walking activities is methadone maintenance treatment of drug administration were, in other words, all they had previously been taking opioid drugs such as heroin. The campaign by the Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xuanwu District, Beijing Municipality and the Community Drug maintenance therapy jointly organized the first out-patient department. What is methadone? What is the role? Why is accompanied形影drugs and AIDS? What new drugs against? In response to these issues of our concern, this reporter conducted an in-depth interview.
Effective in the treatment of heroin, methadone and other opiate drug addiction
Arabic (a pseudonym) has been smoking heroin for 17 years of age, in 1992, he挣了钱business, a meal with friends, the temptation to start smoking, "mainly out of curiosity, then simply do not know that it is What, I feel stimulated "before and after the years spent more than 150 million, have used up the family property, at the time of divorce, the children award the wife, really is" broken "the old mother was also a lot of anger Tim disease , said, in Arabic, not only some of the eyes moist.
Arabic looks tall spirit of optimism, in the race continue to hail the activities of other participants in the beginning thought that he was a staff member. Told reporters in Arabic, he has been taking methadone for six months time, is to take a friend, and now the body fat, and people have the spirit, even if others see that heroin and that does not "want to" the.
"Methadone is a synthetic narcotic drugs, strict state control of narcotic drugs. The use of methadone for opioid abuse addicts for long-term maintenance treatment, reduce their dependence on these substances, and reduce the resulting caused by disease, death and crime. At present, methadone maintenance treatment has become the world's most widely abused opioid treatment of addicts. "person in charge of the event, Beijing Xuanwu District CDC AIDS Information Division staff explained.
It is understood that opioid refers to extract from the poppy plant's active ingredients, mainly opium, morphine and heroin. Experts point out that drug abuse has been proven to be vulnerable to the recurrence of a chronic brain disease, often repeatedly, people will be the nervous system, reproductive system, digestive system, respiratory system damage are great.
Taking methadone can be effective control of opioid withdrawal symptoms 24 to 36 hours, and less side effects, the more common skin itching, skin rashes and allergic reactions such as dry mouth, constipation and other gastrointestinal reactions occurred in relatively small proportion, about 10% of people will be at the beginning of the above-mentioned medication side effects, but after about 2-3 weeks, the symptoms will gradually disappear, no long-term side effects.
Beijing drug maintenance treatment on the patient's head, told reporters in Beijing the community of drug maintenance therapy, 10 out-patient department, and taking drugs, only 10 yuan a day, it just take time, and now some of the out-patient clinic every day 50 ~ 60 people, some 150 to 160 range, reflecting the effects of drinking are good.
AIDS drugs and inseparable
Drug addiction is the spread of AIDS in China, one of the most important channels. According to AIDS in 2007 to assess China's latest figures show a total of 1985-in 2006 the report of HIV-infected persons and patients constitute a route of transmission in intravenous drug use 40.5%, ranking first in other ways, such as the spread of blood for 22% of spread of 13.8%. In new infections in 2007 and patients are also intravenous drug use accounted for 29.4 percent.
Easy to get AIDS are drug addicts? Experts explained that the route of transmission of AIDS, there are three, blood transmission, sexual transmission, mother to child transmission, intravenous drug users often share needles with the phenomenon of the spread of AIDS through blood, In addition, drug absorption is also a bottomless pit of money, there is no money to buy drugs, many people will be mainly to women in prostitution will spread AIDS through sexual means.
"In the past, drug addiction has been up, three inside the room used easily with a needle, which control who is." Taking methadone, a treatment that. Sharing needles with more complex causes, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention experts, the study found that needle sharing, some do not have money or save money, some worry injection, in some ethnic minority areas, the sharing of needle or the performance of buddy loyalty.
Needle sharing behavior for intervention measures, experts, the first is to strengthen health education, to the subjective awareness of a shared needles can spread hepatitis B, hepatitis C, AIDS and other infectious diseases, and thus the change in behavior occurred; In addition the implementation of clean needle exchange program, so that they act to reduce needle sharing is an effective measure. Exchange clean needles and methadone treatment for drug addiction caused by the two effective AIDS strategies, but also has become an important measure to control AIDS.
Some people questioned the provision of clean needles to drug addicts is not condoning their drug abuse, do not understand this, experts have pointed out, so that drug addicts to prevent the spread of infection and AIDS, the best approach is to drug treatment, but treatment is very difficult physiological addiction easy to quit, psychological difficulties in addition to the addiction, according to studies, over 90% of drug addicts will relapse within six months, so a simple approach to drug use prevention and control of AIDS, unrealistic exchange clean needles It is a practice of last resort.
"Now clean needles issued in Beijing, the basic for free, also relying on methadone out-patient department in carrying out the development of methadone by the governor for peer education and needle distributors is hidden because of drug users." Xuanwu District CDC of staff, told reporters.
New drug should pay attention to
Opiates such as heroin addiction through methadone drug treatment, but methadone drug industry's "rising star" --- a new type of drug is at a loss. Even more worrying is that many people mistakenly believe that the new drug is not a drug, not addictive, nor damage to the body.
It is understood that the new drug is compared with traditional drugs such as heroin is concerned, the main means of chemical synthesis of artificial hallucinogens, stimulants, drugs, people can act directly on the central nervous system, to create dependence on continuous use, there are methamphetamine (MDMA), K powder, magic mushrooms, glue and so on, was particularly prevalent in the entertainment, in the West, also known as "club drugs" and "party drugs."
"Heroin is a sedative-type drugs, usually drug addicts before the crime, access to gambling for the steal, rob, seize. New drug users are drug addicts, because of the excitement can not suppress criminal acts occurred." Experts point out that new drugs will诱发使用者的性冲动，增强性能力，而且使用者往往采取多次、交换性伴侣甚至群交的方式，并很少会用安全套。 This is equivalent to the spread of HIV has provided a breeding ground for great.
In addition, the toxicity, the new drugs once or several times as long as the excessive use can lead to acute mental disorders, the formation of long-term use will not reverse the disease, its symptoms similar to schizophrenia.
"The survey found that in many places of entertainment were marked with the use of new drugs fashion, avant-garde tag, many people not stand up to the temptation to be their friends, schoolmates and others dragged under the water." Experts point out that the public, particularly young people, the new drug the harm must have a clear understanding.
"First block is the key." Expert pointed out that "drugs can not taste, try on the ring can not be the" after the addiction will make the human body, as well as metabolic changes in brain structure, not to say that a firm will want to quit will be able to ring, and therefore should pay special attention to young people, away from the drug far longer and not over-confident of your perseverance.
 
 
 
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