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Diseases related to drug addiction are among the acute and chronic diseases that the doctor often encounters, but at the same time they are among the most difficult to recognize, due to the patient's purposefully modified history. Most medical faculties deal with the issue of addiction only marginally in the teaching of psychiatry. Addictive substance (AS) abuse causes tolerance and mental or physical dependence and causes adaptive changes in the body. In recreational use, signs of damage to health may not appear, in chronic use they appear, but they are often not associated with the abuse of AS by a doctor, or they manifest only when AS is withdrawn, when withdrawal symptoms occur to varying degrees. For the correct diagnosis and treatment of pathological conditions that are associated with the abuse of AS, it is necessary to have good information about the effects of individual AS. This text brings basic knowledge about the effects of the most frequently abused AS in the Czech Republic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this work is to draw attention to the health effects of the abuse of illegal addictive substances (AS) and to give the basic characteristics of the most frequently abused AS, methods of application and the resulting possible negative health consequences. With the right differential diagnostic consideration based on good and long-term knowledge of the patient, anamnestic data, but especially from quality and consistent somatic examination and knowledge about AS abuse, a correct diagnosis and targeted treatment can be reached more quickly. The effect will be multifaceted, from the relief to the patient himself or his family members, the financial effectiveness of the rational indication of complementary examinations and prescriptions through the satisfaction of the physicians from their own work. Finally, it will be a positive contribution to the protection of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The text is focused on the issue of acute methamphetamine intoxication. The confrontation of a general practitioner with an acutely intoxicated patient is sporadic. Therefore, general practitioners do not have enough experience with acutely intoxicated patients unless they are engaged in pre-hospital emergency care. Psychological and physical changes induced by acute intoxication with methamphetamine require a specific approach in the care of such a patient. In the text we present basic information about methamphetamine and the care of a patient intoxicated by this noxa. Whether severe acutely or chronically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]