hello can anyone tell me what df's are ? my partner has came in today an he looks wrecked he was or still is a heroin addict i dont really know yet i just need to know what the symptoms are so i can figure out what it is that he as took please post me your review
I think this says DTs, but it looked like DFs on my screen. If it's DTs, it mean "delirium tremens" and is a state usually associated with acute alcohol use. Not pretty to see.
From Wikipedia:
Delirium tremens (colloquially, the DTs, "the horrors", "the shakes" or "rum fits;" literally, "shaking delirium" or "trembling madness" in Latin) is an acute episode of delirium that is usually caused by withdrawal or abstinence from alcohol following habitual excessive drinking. Delirium tremens can also appear after a rapid reduction in the amount of alcohol being consumed by heavy drinkers, or as a complication of withdrawal from benzodiazepines or barbiturates. It only occurs in individuals with a history of constant, long-term alcohol consumption. Delirium tremens typically manifests about 18 to 24 hours after discontinuation of alcohol consumption, but can appear two or three days after.
Five percent of acute ethanol withdrawal cases progress to delirium tremens[1]. Unlike the withdrawal syndrome associated with opiate or stimulant addiction, delirium tremens (and alcohol withdrawal in general) can be fatal. Mortality can be up to 35% if untreated; if treated early, death rates range from 5-15%.[2]
Symptoms
The main symptoms are confusion, disorientation and agitation. Other common symptoms include intense hallucinations such as visions of insects, snakes or rats. These may be related to the environment, e.g., drawings on wallpaper that the patient would perceive as giant spiders attacking them. Unlike hallucinations associated with schizophrenia, delirium tremens hallucinations are primarily visual, but associated with tactile hallucinations such as sensations of something crawling on the subject - a phenomenon known as formication. Delirium tremens can sometimes be associated with severe, uncontrollable tremors of the extremities and secondary symptoms such as anxiety, panic attacks and paranoia....DT has extreme autonomic hyperactivity (high pulse, blood pressure, and rate of breathing), and 35-60% of patients have a fever. Some individuals experience seizures as well.
Causes
Delirium tremens can occur after a period of heavy alcohol drinking, especially when the person does not eat enough food. It may also be triggered by head injury, infection, or illness in people with a history of heavy use of alcohol.
It is most common in people who have a history of alcohol withdrawal, especially in those who drink the equivalent of 7 - 8 pints of beer (or 1 pint of "hard" alcohol) every day for several months. Delirium tremens also commonly affects those with a history of habitual alcohol use or alcoholism that has existed for more than 10 years.
From Wikipedia:
Delirium tremens (colloquially, the DTs, "the horrors", "the shakes" or "rum fits;" literally, "shaking delirium" or "trembling madness" in Latin) is an acute episode of delirium that is usually caused by withdrawal or abstinence from alcohol following habitual excessive drinking. Delirium tremens can also appear after a rapid reduction in the amount of alcohol being consumed by heavy drinkers, or as a complication of withdrawal from benzodiazepines or barbiturates. It only occurs in individuals with a history of constant, long-term alcohol consumption. Delirium tremens typically manifests about 18 to 24 hours after discontinuation of alcohol consumption, but can appear two or three days after.
Five percent of acute ethanol withdrawal cases progress to delirium tremens[1]. Unlike the withdrawal syndrome associated with opiate or stimulant addiction, delirium tremens (and alcohol withdrawal in general) can be fatal. Mortality can be up to 35% if untreated; if treated early, death rates range from 5-15%.[2]
Symptoms
The main symptoms are confusion, disorientation and agitation. Other common symptoms include intense hallucinations such as visions of insects, snakes or rats. These may be related to the environment, e.g., drawings on wallpaper that the patient would perceive as giant spiders attacking them. Unlike hallucinations associated with schizophrenia, delirium tremens hallucinations are primarily visual, but associated with tactile hallucinations such as sensations of something crawling on the subject - a phenomenon known as formication. Delirium tremens can sometimes be associated with severe, uncontrollable tremors of the extremities and secondary symptoms such as anxiety, panic attacks and paranoia....DT has extreme autonomic hyperactivity (high pulse, blood pressure, and rate of breathing), and 35-60% of patients have a fever. Some individuals experience seizures as well.
Causes
Delirium tremens can occur after a period of heavy alcohol drinking, especially when the person does not eat enough food. It may also be triggered by head injury, infection, or illness in people with a history of heavy use of alcohol.
It is most common in people who have a history of alcohol withdrawal, especially in those who drink the equivalent of 7 - 8 pints of beer (or 1 pint of "hard" alcohol) every day for several months. Delirium tremens also commonly affects those with a history of habitual alcohol use or alcoholism that has existed for more than 10 years.
emz,
Heroin won't give ya dt's...........if he's in withdrawl he'd be sick.........as in freezing, hot, chicken skin, sneezing, runny nose, achy.........it goes on and on.
If he's high only using heroin........I never saw anyone get the shakes from that....if that's what ya mean...........like M&M said it looks like DF.....that I never heard of......he might be using something else besides heroin.......giving him symptoms, honey.......I doubt he'll tell ya the truth though.
Heroin won't give ya dt's...........if he's in withdrawl he'd be sick.........as in freezing, hot, chicken skin, sneezing, runny nose, achy.........it goes on and on.
If he's high only using heroin........I never saw anyone get the shakes from that....if that's what ya mean...........like M&M said it looks like DF.....that I never heard of......he might be using something else besides heroin.......giving him symptoms, honey.......I doubt he'll tell ya the truth though.
thanks for the advice guys it actually says DF 'S i know its some kind off tablet with opiates in it but like you said he aint gonna tell me jack
emz, someone from your side of the pond will know........the pill that is.
What did you do find them? He showed ya? Just wondering.
What did you do find them? He showed ya? Just wondering.
If they are DF118, that is dihydracodeine, which is a painkiller.
If they are just DF...ummmm that's for something else.
If they are just DF...ummmm that's for something else.
Yeh DF's are dyhydrocodene, the symptoms are pretty similar to those of heroin but not as intence. They are opiate based and very very addictive. They are given as pain killers but are sold on the streets as a chill out pill. I think when sold on the street they are classed as class a but not 100% sure on that one. You can tell by the bulge in someones eyes when they have had these tablets, they can make you drowsy but different people are affected in different ways. My partner started on these tablets before going onto heroin and to be honest I couldnt tell the difference. He told me he was using them pills and he had actually started using heroin and I didnt no any different. The withdrawels are pretty intence if a person has been on these pills for a while.
Hope this helps xx
Hope this helps xx
Thanks guys very helpful xx
