Addiction and Drug Dependency
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Monday, August 9th, 2010When you think of opiate addiction, one of the first drugs that you envision is heroin, which was wildly popular in the 1960s and has seen a resurgence recently. The new designer opiate derivatives such as Vicodin, Percodan, and OxyContin are even more popular and seem to be the drugs of choice for both [...]
Is Subox Detox too Risky?
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Suboxone has become all the rage in recent years due to the fact that one can detox off of any number of different opiates without much in the way of cravings. Those that have gone through Subox Detox would say that the experience is far better than most other options. Still, there are [...]
G & G Holistic Rehab: Addiction Recovery Treatment
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010G&G Holistic Addiction Treatment Program has over 20 years of experience and is a nationally recognized facility for addiction recovery, dual diagnosis, and chronic relapse treatment. The Program was founded by John Giordano and Jerry Goldfarb, both with personal experience with addiction, and 40% of the staff are also recovering addicts. As featured [...]
Positive Outcomes of Suboxone Treatment
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009There are several people these days that suffer the consequences of addiction and more than that they go through the withdrawal symptoms whenever they try to overcome any addiction. There are numerous procedures and methods by which it could be controlled though. Drug addicts can take out advantage from rehabilitation clinics and even general physicians [...]
Opiate Detox and Addiction
Friday, July 24th, 2009Addiction to opiates causes central nervous system disorder and it occurs due to regular opiate intakes. With regular intake of opiates, the brain stops functioning as normally it would do since it no more produces endorphins. The body requirements of endorphins are replaced by opiates causing nervous disorders. Physical dependency on opiates becomes [...]
Why Doctors Won’t Offer Suboxone
Friday, July 24th, 2009Suboxone has many advantages over other medicines to recover from opium related addictions. But it should be prescribed carefully avoiding them for whom it may be harmful, some time dangerous. Suboxone or buprenorphine being the ideal drug for home therapy for recovery from opium or its derivatives addiction but strictly restricted to the patients suitable [...]
What Are Side Effects of Suboxone?
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Suboxone is a medication that is used to treat opiate addiction, and it has become very widespread in its usage. While the medication is common, the knowledge of this drug is not widespread. While suboxone can be very effective, it does carry some downside. This is particularly true if you do not reveal everything to [...]
Complications of Suboxone
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Suboxone, also known as buprenorphine and naloxone in the generic forms, is a commonly used treatment for opiate addiction. This powerful drug is one that must be taken in a very specific way under a doctor’s close supervision. Also, there are a number of suboxone complications that can arise while taking the drug. For this [...]
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