Is the AA System of Addiction Recovery Too Unscientific to Work?
Is the AA system of addiction recovery too unscientific to work?
The classic example of maintenance recovery is when heroin addicts take methadone, which allows people to wean themselves of the urge to get high without also going through painful withdrawal at the same time. Though the medical literature suggests …
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Long-time sobriety can still be high risk
Phillip Seymour Hoffman's recent death from an apparent heroin overdose not only focused attention on the nation's heroin crisis, it was also a big wake up call for all those who suffer from alcoholism and drug addiction. When someone succumbs to the …
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Lawmakers consider bill to make overdose-stopping drug widely available in …
Naloxone hydrochloride, also known by the brand name Narcan, blocks opioid receptors in the drug user's brain, ending the euphoria and effects of heroin or other opiates and triggering an immediate and severe withdrawal. It can be administered in the …
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