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Does Injected Meth Cause Or Affect Helicobacter Pylori?
does injected meth cause or affect helicobacter pylori? i have been diagnosed with this and inject meth daily, however the first symptons of this were about 2 years ago i started having problems with my gut, i took ghb daily for about a year but weekends for years, i stil take ghb now. GHB and both meth use to make me go straight to the bathroom no problem, but now its like all of this build up stays in my due to h,pylori. did these drugs cause the disease? i want to cure the disease but wil b constant drug use keep bringing it back?
Thu, 28 Aug 2014
Not a bit. well.........
Helico is contracted by contaminated food. There are a lot of bad diseases you can get by intravenous injection (staph infection of heart valves even with a NEW NEEDLE), and HIV/hepatitis if sharing needles.
BUT, helicobacter is really common. It's prevalence is approximately the age of the person 20% in 20% over 50% in middle age. BUT ulcers require more than JUST helicobacter, so I'd have to say the stress of meth use is likely to make helicobacter worse (sadly, the treatment of helicobacter... 2 weeks of triple antibiotics + pepto bismal... is easier and far more reliable than meth addiction).
Hope I have answered your question. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help
Helico is contracted by contaminated food. There are a lot of bad diseases you can get by intravenous injection (staph infection of heart valves even with a NEW NEEDLE), and HIV/hepatitis if sharing needles.
BUT, helicobacter is really common. It's prevalence is approximately the age of the person 20% in 20% over 50% in middle age. BUT ulcers require more than JUST helicobacter, so I'd have to say the stress of meth use is likely to make helicobacter worse (sadly, the treatment of helicobacter... 2 weeks of triple antibiotics + pepto bismal... is easier and far more reliable than meth addiction).
Hope I have answered your question. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help
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