Information on GHB Pottsville PA

First used as an anesthetic in the 1960s, GHB later was used as a bodybuilding supplement because of its alleged anabolic effects. In the last 10 years, it’s become a recreational drug, available as a powder for snorting or smoking and as a liquid for drinking or adding to another drink. The highly concentrated liquid is usually sold in small plastic bottles for about $10. A bottle contains 9 or 10 “hits” of a capful each.

Malvern Institute
(570) 622-9448
1581 West End Avenue
Pottsville, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Good Samaritan Counseling Center
(570) 622-5898
10 East Spruce Street
Frackville, PA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Teen Challenge Training Center Inc
(717) 933-4181x205
33 Teen Challenge Road
Rehrersburg, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)

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Gateway South
(724) 941-4126
4150 Washington Road
Canonsburg, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Addison Behavioral Care Inc
(412) 731-2353
905 West Street
Pittsburgh, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Center for Counseling Services
(570) 622-5898
502 South 2nd Street
Saint Clair, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Gaudenzia Inc
(570) 875-4700
95 Broad Street
Ashland, PA
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(570) 875-4700
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Residential beds for clients' children, Criminal justice clients
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Bethesda PA Treatment & Healing
(610) 377-8870
335 North 4th Street
Lehighton, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Clearbrook Manor
(570) 823-1171
1100 East Northampton Street
Wilkes Barre, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)

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Gateway Pleasant Hills
(412) 466-7734
500 Lewis Run Road
West Mifflin, PA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
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Information on GHB

GHB is also called as “liquid ecstasy,” this cheaper club drug can be most dangerous when mixed with alcohol. Here’s how to support a patient who’s overdosed. ara Walters, 23, is brought to your emergency department (ED) after she collapsed at a nightclub. The paramedics report that when they arrived on the scene, Ms. Walters was unconscious and her vital signs were: BP 118/64; pulse, 64; respirations, 10; and temperature, 950 F (350 C)-mildly hypothermic. Although the paramedics gave her 4 mg of intravenous (LV) naloxone during transport, she’s still unresponsive, indicating that a narcotic overdose isn’t a factor. Her friends told the paramedics that Ms. Walters had been drinking alcohol and something called liquid X, which you recognize as a street name for gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB), also called liquid ecstasy. Like the street drug known as ecstasy, an amphetamine, GHB enhances sensitivity to touch and reduces inhibitions. Her pupils are 4 mm and brisk to react, and her gag reflex is severely depressed. She’s intubated to protect her airway You start a second IN line and obtain specimens for a complete blood cell (CBC) count, electrolytes, blood glucose level, blood urea nitrogen level, blood alcohol level, thyroid stimu lating hormone, serum creatine kinase, and urine drug screen. Start an infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride solution with 100 mg of thiamine (because alcohol depletes thiamine stores). Lab results reflect an alcohol...

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