A great many opioid problems start in a doctor office, not on a street corner. These posts cover how dependence forms, what withdrawal actually feels like and how long it lasts, why fentanyl changed the risk entirely, and what supervised treatment involves.
Fentanyl addiction is fueling the deadliest drug crisis in America. Learn how this synthetic opioid affects lives and how professional treatment can save them.
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Heroin is a potent and highly addictive drug. Period. Full stop. If a loved one is hooked on heroin, there’s a good chance that outpatient simply may not be enough to overcome the pull of the drug. Every situation is unique but heroin falls into that infamous class of drugs known as opioids that have
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War is like hell. And as a nation that’s been at war for decades now, there are far too many veterans suffering from the effects of it. Couple that with the meteoric rise of opioid use over the last 20 years or so and what we have on our hands is an unspoken epidemic. One […]
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We all know that there are people that can hide an addiction very well. And this certainly carries over to teenagers, who may have a serious problem without anyone in the family ever even realizing it. Understand that not always recognizing this does not make you a bad parent, but there are certain warning signs […]
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This week, an alarming story made national headlines. It signified a dangerous (and often undiscussed) component of America’s opioid crisis. Specifically, the lengths people may go to get their medications and how violence is working its way in to this crippling epidemic. The story in question took place in Buffalo, Minnesota. Apparently, just last week […]
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It can feel like the ultimate betrayal when something that’s meant to help you turns into what hurts you. That’s the case with prescription drug addiction, a substance that’s supposed to be the solution is now the problem. The hero becomes the villain. Because prescription drugs are, by definition, prescribed by a doctor we can […]
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Pain is something no one wishes to live with. Any type of pain is uncomfortable to go through but living with moderate to severe pain ups the ante on that discomfort. Fortunately, a class of drugs was developed to deal with just that sort of pain; opioids. Without a doubt, your mind and our collective
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As we enter this new decade, expect to hear the term Artificial Intelligence (or AI) much more frequently. Machine learning, as it’s also called, will soon be used to automate the way we live our lives. It certainly removes the margin for human error and, interestingly enough, may soon be implemented in curbing national addictions. The Vox tech […]
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If you’re struggling with the burden of opioid addiction and looking for a way out, help is at hand. You may have heard that the process is dangerous, or you may have tried to do it alone, but it was too painful and difficult. You’re not alone. It’s one of the hardest things you could […]
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