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Suggest Treatment For Weaning Off Addiction To Smoking Cannabis

My son is 23 years old. He is having problems getting rid of cannabis habit. He tries to live without cannabis but he becomes paranoid and gets sudden panic attacks. He becomes restless and only calms down after smoking cannabis.

Once he starts cannabis he takes about 4-5 days to come out of it. Then he goes back to the same routine again.

I would like to know whether you can treat his addiction habit. We live in London and is it possible to have treatment at a surgery in Madras or any other city in Tamilnadu?
Mon, 17 Nov 2014
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Cannabis is common substance of abuse. Long term use can cause psychological dependence but physical dependence is not so severe. Severe anxiety or panic attacks occur due to withdrawal. Usually these symptoms respond to low dose antianxiety drugs like clonidine or benzodiazepines as Etizolam. They rarely require treatment. Most common complication of weed or cannabis use is loss of motivation which should be dealt with proper attention. Provide him proper support, good nutrition. To prevent anxiety give plenty of fluids, keep him in cool and calm room.

Hope this helps you, if you have more questions you can ask again. For surgery yes you can visit any good hospital in Tamilnadu

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Suggest Treatment For Weaning Off Addiction To Smoking Cannabis

Hello, Welcome to Health Care Magic Cannabis is common substance of abuse. Long term use can cause psychological dependence but physical dependence is not so severe. Severe anxiety or panic attacks occur due to withdrawal. Usually these symptoms respond to low dose antianxiety drugs like clonidine or benzodiazepines as Etizolam. They rarely require treatment. Most common complication of weed or cannabis use is loss of motivation which should be dealt with proper attention. Provide him proper support, good nutrition. To prevent anxiety give plenty of fluids, keep him in cool and calm room. Hope this helps you, if you have more questions you can ask again. For surgery yes you can visit any good hospital in Tamilnadu Thanks