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Somewhere Over the Rainbow
There are many methods of getting addicts off opiates, such as rapid detox or going cold turkey, but with the withdrawal symptoms, none of these methods is a comfortable air balloon ride. It is difficult, but it's not impossible; otherwise, I wouldn't …
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Question by Bryan: Other than releasing chemicals such as dopamine into the body, what else do drugs do?
Dopamine is the pleasure hormone, but drugs do more than just give pleasure. Cannabis, for increase, relaxes muscles and relieves nausea, while morphine kills pain. Both drugs interact with neurons to release more dopamine, but the two drugs have different properties.

What else do these drugs do to the body?

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Question by Laura: drs opinion of difference between physical and psychological dependence?

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Answer by Honor
Physical dependence is where your body actually requires whatever drug to function properly whereas psychological dependence is where your body actually doesn’t need it to function but your brain has convinced itself it does.

This difference is important especially in terms of detox of drug addicts because if there is a physical addiction, death can occur if a user tries to quit “cold turkey” (giving his or her body no time to adjust functioning without the drug). Heroin is a common example of a drug that is both physically and psychologically addicting.

Jenelle Evans on Overcoming Heroin Addiction: I Quit Cold Turkey
For someone so young, there's no doubt that Teen Mom 2's Jenelle Evans has way more problems than Jay Z (dude only has 99 — child's play compared to Jenelley). And we're not just talking about homegirl's strange obsession with Alfredo sauce. Jenelle …
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Question by ???????: i take dilaudid and want to wing myself off, im scared i take to many to not get severe withdrawl effects?
i take 12 milligrams of dilaudid answer to 3 to 4 times a day and am trying to slow down if not stop i have chronic back pain after having my 1st child i started taking pills for the high and no longer take them for the high because i cant get the high no matter what i try and am scared to feed my addiction anymore i am 5″1 120pds and think i am ready to stop i haven’t had the high for so long i think i am ready to stop or slow down if not stop being that i take so many i want to wein myself off the pills iv been on them for probably 4yrs now and have worked my way up to dilaudid i cant afford to go to rehab and think im ready to tackle this problem by myself what are the precautions and steps i have to take???    Read more...

Question by jasonzane2001: If your on methadone and switch to suboxin too early do you go into withdrawls?
My husband was at 64 milligrams of methadone quit cold turkey for 40 hrs, his doctor switched him to 8 milligrams of suboxin and now he is on the floor in withdrawels….Is this normal???

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Answer by Rickydotcom
It’s not that he was switched too early, he was started too late. Contact the prescriber immediately. He’ll probably increase the dose for a short period of time. Also make sure he’s dissolving the tablet under the tongue. If he’s swallowing the pill, it’s inactivated by the liver in what’s called the “first-pass effect.”

Rick the Pharmacist
(work in a drug treatment center part-time)

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Nalxone when taken orally has absolutely no pharmacological activity. It is only active if injected. It does not survive the liver’s “first pass effect.” I’ve seen patient need as much as 24mg the first few days. Subutex would be an option, too.    Read more...

Question by BD: What does go cold turkey mean?

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Answer by Prissy2455
i have no idea

Answer by D.W.
You completely stop using a substance to which you are addicted or dependent.