Information on GHB Wilmington NC

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.

Coastal Horizons, Inc.
(910) 343-0145
615 Shipyard Boulevard
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS

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New Visions Program
(910) 251-8930
1390 South 16th Street
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Wilmington Treatment Center
(800) 992-3671
2520 Troy Drive
Wilmington, NC
Hotline
(877) 762-3750
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Family Works Psych Center
(910) 509-0588
2002 Eastwood Street
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Stepping Stone Manor
(910) 762-1743
416 Walnut Street
Wilmington, NC
Hotline
(910) 251-8930
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Men, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Coastal Horizons Center Inc
(910) 343-0145
615 Shipyard Boulevard
Wilmington, NC
Hotline
(800) 672-2903
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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New Hanover Metro Treatment Center
(910) 251-6644
20 South 16th Street
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient

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East Coast Solutions
(910) 251-8930
1314 South 16th Street
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women

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Searise
(910) 251-8995
1312 South 16th Street
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Residential beds for clients' children

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A Helping Hand of Wilmington
(910) 796-6868
5013 Wrightsville Avenue
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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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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