It is a common complication of diabetes. The most common cause is poorly controlled blood sugar over time. Diabetic nerve pain can take years to develop. In the early stages, you may have no signs at all, and then only start to feel a tingling or numbness in your feet. As it progresses, you may also feel the pain in your hands and it is often worse at night.
Lastly, the aging process affects how drugs are excreted (eliminated) from the body. The elderly have a decrease in kidney function and blood flow to the kidneys. Due to this decrease, it is common to decrease the dose of drugs that are eliminated by the kidneys.
Different drugs have different effects on your body. Drinking too much alcohol can lead to alcohol poisoning and liver failure, which can kill.Smoking can cause lung and mouth cancer, and serious heart and stomach problems.Illegal drugs can cause things like hallucinations (seeing strange things), sickness, depression, liver and kidney problems and fits.Some illegal drugs can kill the first time the person takes them. Taking too much of any drug is called an overdose. A serious overdose of almost any drug can kill you.moking can cause lung and mouth cancer, and serious heart and stomach problems. Illegal drugs can cause things like hallucinations (seeing strange things), sickness, depression, liver and kidney problems and fits.