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Van Zandt Medical Center
Van Zandt Medical Center
is located at 5690 Shaffer Road Du Bois, PA. 15801 and can be contacted by calling 814-375-6817. Van Zandt Medical Center offers treatment services for Prescription Drug Abuse, Illicit Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, AIDS/HIV Clients, Lesbian and Gay, Over 50, Expectant Mothers, Women, Men, Court Appointed Client Services, Hearing Impaired Clients
Payment Options: Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military

Excessive alcohol use has immediate effects that increase the risk of many harmful health conditions. These immediate effects are most often the result of binge drinking and include the following: Alcohol poisoning, a medical emergency that results from high blood alcohol levels that suppress the central nervous system and can cause loss of consciousness, low blood pressure and body temperature, coma, respiratory depression, or death.
Blood Alcohol Level of .08%-.09%: You believe you're functioning better than you actually are. At this level, you may start to slur your speech. Your sense of balance is probably off, and your motor skills are starting to become impaired. Your ability to see and hear clearly is diminished. Your judgment is being affected, so it's difficult for you to decide whether or not to continue drinking. Your ability to evaluate sexual situations is impaired. Students may jokingly refer to this state of mind as beer goggles, but this Blood Alcohol Level can have serious repercussions.
When a person drinks an excessive amount of alcohol in a very short period of time, it is often referred to as binge drinking; this type of drinking scenario is a common cause of alcohol poisoning.
Alcohol binge drinkers are 14 times more likely to report alcohol-impaired driving than non-binge drinkers.

For more information, visit www.drug-rehabs.org.