My friend is addicted to dendrite.

Dear Patient: Its really nice to see that your so concerned regarding your friends problem and trying to find a solution for the same.

Dendrite, which is nothing but adhesive glue addiction is very common especially among the young age group and people belonging to lower poverty level when higher drugs are not available to them.

It is a form of inhalant addictive, were they inhale the toxic fumes coming out of the glue which contains addictive fumes which can make the person hallucinate.

But these substances are very harmful, they destroy the nasal mucosa, cause damage to brain, memory loss, suffocation, impairment of mental abilities and can even lead to death of the person .

There its best in your friends health view to take him to a Psychologist/Psychiatrist who can counsel him and use de-addiction Cognitive therapies which would help your friend loose this habit before it can do some irreversible damage to him. Hoping that your friend comes out of it as pretty soon.

This question has been answered by

Dr.C. Sreedhar

General Physician

MBBS