In the student group circulated such a statement, cough drops are “magic water”, especially with cough drops blended with cola, feel more “cool”, drink can also be refreshing. However, these children may not know, as long as the cough syrup addiction, more serious than the network addiction, the severity of its not less than drug addiction. Because if you suddenly stop taking cough syrup, there will be opioid withdrawal syndrome, uncomfortable, fidgety, very irritable, so that patients are very painful. Experts pointed out that some cough syrup contains codeine, abuse will be addictive, resulting in dependence on this material, and most addicts are teenagers, must be taken seriously. A curious, addicted to drinking cough syrup Xiao Zhang is a college student, in 2008, once because of curiosity, he followed others to drink xx cough drops, after drinking half a bottle of feel “very energetic, the mood is also good, the whole person is feeling light”. At first, Zhang basically drink once a week, each time about half a bottle. Half a year later, he found that a half bottle has no feeling, and began a bottle, every day to take. By this year, Xiao Zhang drank cough syrup at least five times a day, with a minimum of two cough syrups and a row (12 tablets) of Methadone each time. He realized that he had become addicted, and as long as he didn’t drink cough syrup, he suffered from insomnia, toothache, diarrhea, yawning, shaking hands, and other symptoms that made him miserable. The increasingly irritable temper and strange reactions made Zhang’s family begin to realize the seriousness of the problem and accompanied him to the Youth Addiction Treatment Center of the Armed Police Guangdong General Hospital. Drug addiction, be sure to go to the hospital to get rid of addiction Tang Jihua, director of the Armed Forces Guangdong General Hospital Youth Addiction Treatment Center, told reporters, “Teenagers are taking cough syrup or methadone more and more common, the abuse of cough syrup can be addictive because it contains codeine phosphate, ephedrine hydrochloride and other ingredients. Methadone, on the other hand, is currently over-the-counter and contains similar ingredients to codeine. Mixing the two to enhance the so-called “high” can exacerbate these symptoms, and in severe cases, even psychiatric symptoms. Eventually, once the addiction stops, there will be general fatigue and weakness, brain damage, easily provoked, personality will also become withdrawn. Tang Jihua introduced, cough syrup addiction, alone by their own willpower is difficult to quit. Many addicted patients have tried self-isolation, but the painful and unbearable withdrawal symptoms and habit-like addiction to the heart make it repeatedly quit and fail. This not only undermines the addiction patient’s confidence in quitting, but may also make him or her broken. Tang Jihua emphasized that patients like Xiao Zhang need medication to help them control withdrawal symptoms, followed by physical detoxification to get rid of the addiction. At the same time, it should be combined with psychotherapy to help them solve the psychological problems behind their addiction. Drugs containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine should be used with caution Tang Jihua told reporters that because teenagers are generally curious, self-control is weak, and easily influenced by the outside world. In the absence of regulation and very easy to obtain, they will try. In the face of drug addiction group of low age, multi-drug abuse trend is obvious, Tang Jihua worried: “Methadone as an over-the-counter drug, the current regulation belongs to the blank, should contain methadone component of the drug into prescription drugs, or in the instruction manual to give hints – a large number of taking will cause dependence. ” She also warned that people often take compound licorice tablets, cold and flu medicines containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine and other ingredients, and expectorant painkillers, if taken in large quantities also have addictive side effects, which can cause central nervous system disorders. She suggests that prescription drugs must be taken in accordance with the doctor’s advice; and for over-the-counter drugs containing these ingredients, try to use the smallest possible dose, which can not be used continuously, not continuously, and try to avoid prolonged use of drugs containing addictive ingredients.