Meth-related ER visits on the rise in Ontario, following western Canada trend: study
The Atlantic provinces have not seen the same rise in meth use, Konefal said, as cocaine is “by far much more prominent” in that region.
“It often affects our flow for mental health patients because we’re often holding a lot of mental health patients in Emerg because there’s no inpatient capacity.”Many people who use methamphetamine are marginalized, Konefal said.People who are homeless, for example, may use meth “to stay awake guard their belongings,” she said.
In fact, “combining opioids and stimulants can generally make it more likely that someone might experience an overdose because one masks the other,” she said, leading someone to take too much opioid as they’re not feeling the effects. While medications, including methadone and suboxone, are available to ease the withdrawal symptoms of opioid addiction, there’s no such long-term treatment to help patients manage meth cravings, Abbi said.
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