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Inhalants

Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors that produce psychoactive (mind-altering) effects. A variety of products common in the home and in the workplace contain substances that can be inhaled. Many people do not think of these products, such as spray paints, glues, and cleaning fluids, as drugs because they were never meant to be used to achieve an intoxicating effect. Yet, young children and adolescents can easily obtain them and are among those most likely to abuse these extremely toxic substances. Parents should store household products carefully to prevent accidental inhalation by very young children.

Inhalants fall into the following categories:

Solvents
- Industrial or household solvents or solvent-containing products, including paint thinners or removers, degreasers, dry-cleaning fluids, gasoline, and glue

- Art or office supply solvents, including correction fluids, felt-tip-marker fluid, and electronic contact cleaners

Gases

- Gases used in household or commercial products, including butane lighters and propane tanks, whipped cream aerosols or dispensers (whippets), and refrigerant gases

- Household aerosol propellants and associated solvents in items such as spray paints, hair or deodorant sprays, fabric protector sprays, and aerosol computer cleaning products

- Medical anesthetic gases, such as ether, chloroform, halothane, and nitrous oxide ("laughing gas")

Nitrites
- Organic nitrites are volatiles that include cyclohexyl, butyl, and amyl nitrites, and are commonly known as "poppers." Amyl nitrite is still used for medical purposes. Volatile nitrites are often sold in small brown bottles and labeled as "video head cleaner," "room odorizer," "leather cleaner," or "liquid aroma."

Health Hazards
Although they differ in makeup, nearly all abused inhalants produce short-term effects similar to anesthetics, which act to slow down the body's functions. When inhaled in sufficient concentrations, inhalants can cause intoxication, usually lasting only a few minutes.

However, sometimes users extend this effect for several hours by breathing in inhalants repeatedly. Initially, users may feel slightly stimulated. Repeated inhalations make them feel less inhibited and less in control. If use continues, users can lose consciousness.

Sniffing highly concentrated amounts of the chemicals in solvents or aerosol sprays can directly induce heart failure and death within minutes of a session of repeated inhalations. This syndrome, known as "sudden sniffing death," can result from a single session of inhalant use by an otherwise healthy young person. Sudden sniffing death is particularly associated with the abuse of butane, propane, and chemicals in aerosols.

High concentrations of inhalants also can cause death from suffocation by displacing oxygen in the lungs and then in the central nervous system so that breathing ceases. Deliberately inhaling from a paper or plastic bag or in a closed area greatly increases the chances of suffocation. Even when using aerosols or volatile products for their legitimate purposes (i.e., painting, cleaning), it is wise to do so in a well-ventilated room or outdoors.

Chronic abuse of solvents can cause severe, long-term damage to the brain, the liver, and the kidneys.

Harmful irreversible effects that may be caused by abuse of specific solvents include:

- Hearing loss—toluene (spray paints, glues, dewaxers) and trichloroethylene (dry cleaning chemicals, correction fluids)

- Peripheral neuropathies, or limb spasms—hexane (glues, gasoline) and nitrous oxide (whipped cream dispensers, gas cylinders)

- Central nervous system or brain damage—toluene (spray paints, glues, dewaxers)

Bone marrow damage—benzene (gasoline)

Serious but potentially reversible effects include:

- Liver and kidney damage—toluene-containing substances and chlorinated hydrocarbons (correction fluids, dry cleaning fluids)

- Blood oxygen depletion—aliphatic nitrites (known on the street as poppers, bold, and rush) and methylene chloride (varnish removers, paint thinners)

Extent of Use
Initial use of inhalants often starts early. Some young people may use inhalants as an easily accessible substitute for alcohol. Research suggests that chronic or long-term inhalant abusers are among the most difficult drug abuse patients to treat. Many suffer from cognitive impairment and other neurological dysfunction and may experience multiple psychological and social problems.

Source: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website (http://www.nida.nih.gov/)

 

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Seabrook House's alcohol and drug addiction rehab patients come primarily from New Jersey (NJ), many from the Cherry Hill / Haddonfield / Moorestown area, as well as the Princeton area in central New Jersey and Montclair area in northern New Jersey. In addition, from the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania (PA), the mainline Philadelphia, PA suburbs, New York City (NYC) including Manhattan (NY), Delaware (DE), Maryland (MD) and other Mid Atlantic states, although we have treated many from as far away as Connecticut (CT), Rhode Island (RI), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), Vermont (VT), California (CA), Bermuda, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. They range in age from 17 to 80. Many of our patients are referred by family members, employers, large union health & welfare funds, health insurance companies, small local unions, employee assistance professionals (EAP), and managed care companies. Many patients transfer directly from hospitals, other detoxes, community mental health centers, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), union member assistance programs, and primary care physicians. We have provided them drug detox, drug rehab, alcohol detox, alcohol rehab, and many other forms of addiction treatment. Substance abuse treatment is our specialty.

Because of our close proximity to Manhattan, New York (NY), New York City (NYC) and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), Seabrook House addiction rehab center has for many years provided alcoholism and drug addiction rehab treatment to members of the arts & entertainment communities. These have included radio, television, stage and film industry associates from the east coast as well as California (CA). We understand that high profile individuals with substance abuse and alcoholism problems may have special needs related to the media as well as confidentiality issues. Protecting the anonymity of alcoholic or drug addicted patients in rehab and controlling media takes experienced addiction professionals. Many addiction rehabs cannot address these special needs. We understand that addiction does not discriminate. In addition, many physicians, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, lawyers and other professionals have sought our alcohol rehab and drug addiction rehab treatment services and gone on to lead happy, healthy, clean and sober lives.

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Seabrook House will provide private and discreet individualized transportation to and from all airports to ensure the safety and confidentiality of all of our patients. Please speak to your Admissions Counselor for more information on how you may qualify for direct airport pickup. Seabrook House also provides "sober escorting" if the patient is clinically and medically appropriate. This specialized service offers a Seabrook House staff person to fly to the home location of the patient and personally pick them up and accompany them directly to our drug rehab treatment facility. The escort is an experienced addiction professional, also in recovery from chemical dependency. Upon discharge the escort will then accompany the patient to the next level of care at a transitional sober living environment. Flight times to Seabrook House are brief from many east coast and Midwestern airports (see chart below). The Philadelphia International Airport located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), is the closest airport to our alcohol detox and drug rehab facility:

From Boston, Massachusetts (MA) - 45 minute flight time
From Providence, Rhode Island (RI) - 45 minute flight time
From Columbia, South Carolina (SC) - 60 minute flight time
From Atlanta, Georgia (GA) - 90 minute flight time
From Miami, Florida (FL) - 2 hour flight time
From US Virgin Islands (USVI) - 3 hour flight time
From Columbus, Ohio (OH) - 45 minute flight time
From Hartford, Connecticut (CT) - 45 minute flight time
From Bermuda (BM) - 90 minute flight time
From Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (FL) - 2 hour flight time
From Indianapolis, Indiana (IA) - 2 ½ hour flight time
From Los Angeles, California (CA) - 5 hour flight time
From Chicago, Illinois (IL) - 3 hour flight time
Patients coming from out of state may fly into a variety of airports at discounted airfare rates. All airports are conveniently located within minutes of the Seabrook House addiction rehab facility:
Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania (PHL) 45 minute drive
Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey (ACY) 60 minute drive
Newark International Airport, New Jersey (EWR) 90 minute drive
Princeton Airport, New Jersey (PCT) 75 minute drive
John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York (JFK) 120 minute drive
LaGuardia Airport, New York (LGA) 120 minute drive
Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland (BWI) 120 minute drive
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