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What Causes Poor Memory And Abnormal Gait After Taking Methadone?
Question: my son has methadone daily,he also uses heroin,and has mitazapine 30mg each night,he was attacked 3 years ago,had bleed to brain fractued skull,has congnative problems,tracial stenoisis,and is still being treated,hes also totally,deaf and weak left side and walks with a gaited stoop.he also has very bad memory problems,but ive noticed that he seems to be more confused lately since his dosage of mitazapine has been put up,would this be because of the methadone and tablets.thankyou.
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Brief Answer:
many drugs cause confusion
Detailed Answer:
they do so by different methods and there are ways to differentiate them.
First, is the simple association. Remove the drug... add it back... remove it... see what happens. This is called an 'n of one' experiment.
Narcotics and mirtazipine both can cause confusion. The confusion of narcotics is due to depression of the brain and often is associated with:
not breathing at a normal rate (slowed breathing. dangerous),
very small pupils, often sleeping, often constipation.
Mirtazipine is associated with more effects on thinking, zombie like, and also perhaps increased sleeping but not changes in breathing.
The depression with narcotics can be fatal and not with mirtazipine
Here's the problem. Could be both. Either both can be doing the same symptom and/or both may be needed to be present at the same time and to add up for any ill effect at all and if only one is present then there is no problem.
And... could be neither and a stroke, infection, depression and many other things can cause confusion.
many drugs cause confusion
Detailed Answer:
they do so by different methods and there are ways to differentiate them.
First, is the simple association. Remove the drug... add it back... remove it... see what happens. This is called an 'n of one' experiment.
Narcotics and mirtazipine both can cause confusion. The confusion of narcotics is due to depression of the brain and often is associated with:
not breathing at a normal rate (slowed breathing. dangerous),
very small pupils, often sleeping, often constipation.
Mirtazipine is associated with more effects on thinking, zombie like, and also perhaps increased sleeping but not changes in breathing.
The depression with narcotics can be fatal and not with mirtazipine
Here's the problem. Could be both. Either both can be doing the same symptom and/or both may be needed to be present at the same time and to add up for any ill effect at all and if only one is present then there is no problem.
And... could be neither and a stroke, infection, depression and many other things can cause confusion.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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