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Medical Complications of Drug Use

7/2/03


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Table of Contents

Medical Complications of Drug Use

Agenda

Topics

Harm Reduction is

Possible Assumptions

Statistics

1998 AIDS Cases Related to Injection Drug Use

Injection Complications

Physiological Complications

Infections-Unsterile Technique

Abscesses

Abscess Treatment

If Not Treated,

Cellulitis

Osteomyelitis

Symptoms

Treatment

Endocarditis

Endocarditis

Symptoms

Treatment

Endocarditis Complications

Necrotizing Fasciitis

Sources of Skin Infections

Danger Signs

Prevention of Infection

Drugs Themselves

Cocaine

Methamphetamine

Anabolic Steroids

Negative Feedback Loop

Side Effects in Men

Effects in Women

Adverse Effect on the Liver

Psychological Effects

Serious Consequences

Drug Additives

Blood-borne Infections

Hepatitis Symptoms

Transmission

Hepatitis Risk Behaviors

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Public Health Implications (C)

Natural History of Hepatitis C

Injecting Drug Use and Hepatitis C

Drug Use and HIV

Drug Use and HIV

Issues for HIV+ Drug Users

Prevention Strategies

Author: Beth Herman

Email: grove@harmreduction.org

Home Page: http://www.harmreduction.org