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Treating Opiate Addiction
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 [...]
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 [...]