Posts Tagged ‘drugs’

Modern medicine admits that one of the most difficult tasks in medical psychology is drug addiction treatment. Drug addiction treatment is handled in numerous methods. The most common treatment method these days would be the implementation of legal drugs, like methadone. This can mean that people continue taking methadone for life (often in combination with heroin). Is it really satisfying for a patient and his or her family? More and more people admit their powerlessness and inability to manage addictions. They are looking for new solutions leading to comfortable abstinence and a healthy, free way of life. You want to learn and understand what kind of treatment methods really work. You want to learn how they work, as well as the effectiveness, side effects and risks.    Read more...

Drug rehab is increasingly becoming an acceptable and common feature amongst people all over the world. Treatment for addiction varies from patient to patient, depending upon the age, level of abuse, race and nationality of patients. Most drug rehab centers deal with specific kinds of addictions such as alcohol addiction, substance abuse, sexual addictions, eating disorders and gambling addiction. These addiction treatment programs are directed by experienced counselors and therapists who design their program in a way to delve deep into the mind of the addict and find out the possible reasons for their behavior and their addiction. The program includes both individual and group therapy sessions where the addicts are encouraged to talk about topics such as their childhood, work-related problems or pressures and all issues affecting them.    Read more...

Opiate drug addiction can cause depression and many patients are prescribed antidepressants by psychiatrists. A blind study in 1998, whose findings were reinforced by landmark research in The Journal of the American Medical Association last month, concludes that antidepressant drugs thought to help with depression are not as effective as once thought. More studies being conducted suggest that benefits are often not much more effective than placebos.

Patients on a placebo improved about 75 percent as much as those on drugs. Yoga, relaxation imaging, meditation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other forms of therapy can help combat this debilitating illness.

Most common side effects of antidepressant therapy include sexual problems, drowsiness, sleep difficulties, anxiety, nervousness and nausea. While some side effects may go away after the first few weeks of drug treatment, others can persist and progressively get worse.    Read more...

Heroin Addiction in the News

Heroin Addiction: Hold those drugs, doctor
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – U.S. doctors are too quick to reach for their prescription pads, according to a report urging them to think more about side effects and non-drug alternatives.
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Heroin Addiction: Living a Drug Life in a World of Snow
The title of Joonas Neuvonen’s “Reindeerspotting: Escape From Santaland” makes explicit the film’s premise: to take the kind of intimacy and immediacy Danny Boyle achieved in his fictional story of Glasgow heroin addicts, “ Trainspotting ,” and apply it to a documentary about Mr. Neuvonen’s fellow drug users in northern Finland.
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Heroin Addiction: Hold those drugs, doctor
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – U.S. doctors are too quick to reach for their prescription pads, according to a new report urging them to think more about side effects and non-drug alternatives.
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Addiction to pharmaceutical drugs is one of the most common forms of addiction practiced nowadays by people all over the world. Even after taking a lot of prevention measures, the Govt. of many countries have failed to stop this addiction. Since the pharmaceutical drugs are very important in the medical sector, they cannot be banned; and the addicts took advantage of this. The pharmaceutical drug abuse is increasing very fast due to this and it is hard to prevent this. We all know that prevention is better than cure, but when the prevention cannot be done, we have to look towards curing it.    Read more...

Heroin Addiction: An Addiction Expert Faces a Formidable Foe: Prescription Drugs
The neuroscientist who leads National Institute on Drug Abuse is facing a powerful enemy: prescription drug abuse.
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Heroin Addiction: About Me. Heroin Addiction, Methadone Maintenance Treatment

A little history about me, as well as an update.
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Heroin Addiction: Meth labs mushrooming in Gratiot County
Several years ago, Gratiot County Prosecutor Keith Kushion said law enforcement was told, “Meth is coming. Meth is coming.”
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Heroin Addiction: Former basketball star Chris Herren tells Bridgewater students to ‘Be a hero’
“Be a hero” was the advice former NBA player and Fall River native Chris Herren gave to more than 300 eighth-grade students during his Friday visit to the Bridgewater Middle School.
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