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A member asked:
My boyfriend has cotton fever from injecting meth, what can he do to help take it away?
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The usual.: Cotton fever refers to the transient eleva- tion in temperature within minutes after injec- tion of drug filtered through cotton, or after shooting the cottons. Symptoms include fever, chills, headache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomit- ing, and muscle aches. NOT infected blood vessel, skin, or heart valve. Lasts average 12 hr. Rane 6 to 48 BUT improving by 12. Fluids and tylenol helpful.
Answered 8/26/2019
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