Dangers of Addiction to Prescription Drugs
What are the Dangers of Addiction to Prescription Drugs? Prescription drugs can be a helpful tool when taken as prescribed under the supervision of a medical professional for many reasons. It can help individuals recover from surgery, a painful injury, assist with anxiety or depression symptoms to help live a normal life, and more. However,…
Why Going Away for Luxury Rehab Works
Why Going Away for Luxury Rehab Works While exploring which options for drug or alcohol treatment might be right for you, it is important to keep in mind what the treatment center offers no matter where it is. There is a high likelihood that the right treatment center for you isn’t located anywhere near you…
Plastic Surgery and Opioids Addiction
Recently renowned actress Jamie Lee Curtis opened up about celebrating her 20 years of being sober. In the Variety “Recovery Issue” Curtis detailed the start of her opioid addiction stemming from a plastic surgery procedure. After an offhand comment made by a cameraman on set, Curtis decided to go under the knife for a minor…
Dangerous Mix of Alcohol and Muscle Relaxers
Mixing different kinds of drugs can be dangerous and lead to severe side effects that can have a long-lasting impact on a person’s health. Alcohol and muscle relaxers can be a deadly combination which can impair the individual’s functioning to dangerous levels. Mixing alcohol and muscle relaxants can lead to extreme sedation, decreased cognitive abilities,…
Meditation for Chronic Pain
With the opioid epidemic continuing to rise in the U.S., people are concerned about the dangers of painkillers even for those using them for medical reasons. In the past, people with chronic pain would be prescribed opioids regularly to help them cope with their symptoms. Now that medical professionals and even the general public are…
Opioids and New Moms
As the opioid crisis continues to grow and more people are concerned about the dangers of painkillers, new mothers also need to consider whether they should use opioids for pain or avoid them completely. It is common for doctors to prescribe opioid painkillers to help women with postpartum pain especially if they have a c…
Fentanyl – A Serious Threat
As the opioid epidemic has reached an all time high in the U.S., rates of overdose have increased to a staggering 200 people a day. With a record number of opioid-related deaths it is important for addiction and health experts to identify key issues that may be contributing to these numbers, one of which is…
Benzo Prescription Abuse is Back and Booming
Although opioids are the main focus of the nation’s health crisis, other prescription drugs are also causing high rates of addictions. Benzodiazepines like Xanax, Valium and Ativan are designed to help ease anxiety but the effects that they have on body and mind can be incredibly addictive. Physicians have been prescribing more and more of…
Opioid Withdrawal
Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms, Treatment & More Opioid Withdrawal – The opioid crisis is becoming a more pressing problem every day and it is crucial for people to get the treatment they need to overcome opioid pill addictions. The first step to recovery from opioid addiction is detox and some might feel intimidated by the idea of…
Millennials and Baby Boomers Hit Hard by the Opioid Epidemic
The opioid crisis has affected our entire nation with staggeringly high rates of overdoses and alarming increases in instances of abuse. However, certain demographics are being hit especially hard by the opioid epidemic and are struggling to cope with rampant addiction and abuse. A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health discovered…
