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5 Factors That May Be Contributing to Your Depression 20 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
Chances are high that either you, or someone close to you, has struggled with depression at some point. It is one of the most common mental health issues today, which is why antidepressant medication...
A Prescription for Trouble: Levorphanol Addiction 19 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
About 10 years ago, pain specialists were engaged in a controversy about the use of narcotic painkillers such as levorphanol that are typically prescribed only to the terminally ill. These drugs in th...
Librium Addiction 18 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
When Librium came out in the early 1960s, it started a revolution in the way drugs are marketed and prescribed in the United States. For the first time drug companies were in the business of keeping e...
Understanding Addiction as a Brain Disease 17 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
Scientists and mainstream society often have differing points of view on key medical issues, including the nature of substance abuse and addiction. In some corners of society, abuse and addiction are ...
The Ten Best Pieces of Advice for Family Members and Friends Who Want to Help the Addicts they Love 16 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
After attempts to offer advice, assistance, and support to addicted loved ones have been repeatedly rebuffed, the family members and friends of substance abusers often throw up their hands in despair ...
The Long-Term Effects of Using Heroin 15 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
Heroin is one of the most addictive substances on the planet. In fact, according to some experts, it is not just in the top ten, but number one. Heroin causes tolerance and withdrawal more quickly tha...
Substance Use and Sleep Apnea 14 Mar 2013 | 09:00 pm
Sleep apnea is a common breathing disorder that is characterized by abnormally shallow breathing during sleep or the presence of abnormal breathing pauses. Most people develop obstructive sleep apnea,...
Pain Killer Addiction is at Epidemic Levels 21 Dec 2012 | 11:00 pm
As many as 15,000 Americans die each year from prescription pain pill overdose. The problem is growing at such a rate that it’s being called everything from a plague to an epidemic. Patients instructe...
Young Adults Having Strokes: Research Suggests Abusing Alcohol or Drugs as Factor 10 Dec 2012 | 11:00 pm
New research is connecting premature strokes to alcohol or drug abuse alongside smoking, and drawing new attention to what was once a health problem primarily tied to older generations. In fact, a new...
New Non-Tampering Time Release Painkillers Limit Abuse 6 Dec 2012 | 11:00 pm
The abuse of prescription painkillers has been called an epidemic in the United States, and there has been increasing demand for ways to limit the misuse of the drugs. In many cases, addiction begins ...