What Are Inhalants Used for Medically?
Inhalants Are Volatile Substances That Produce Chemical Vapors That Can Be Inhaled to Induce a Psychoactive, or Mind-Altering, Effect. What Is Inhalant Use...
Inhalants are volatile substances that produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce a psychoactive, or mind-altering, effect.
What is inhalant use disorder?
DSM-5 defines inhalant use disorder as a "problematic pattern of use of a hydrocarbon-based inhalant substance leading to clinically significant impairment or distress" (4). Estimates show that 11% of high school students use inhalants as a form of achieving a "high" (5).
What is the drug aerosol used for?
The primary use of aerosol therapy is treatment of respiratory disorders that include: Obstructive lung diseases such as: Asthma. Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (including bronchitis and emphysema)