Questions about heroin/methadone dependence?
Question by tough cookie: Questions about heroin/methadone dependence?
So people can never fully come off from heroin without the help of methadone? Are they then addicted to methadone forever? What do they do for a person at a methadone clinic? Can you die from heroin withdrawals???
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Are these symptoms of prescription drug dependence?
Question by swanda: Are these symptoms of prescription drug dependence?
A friend of mine has been in and out of the emergency room for a little over a year now. When she first started, I didn’t think much of it because it was maybe twice in three months (and… Continue reading
Drug or Alcohol Dependence – Is It All in Your Genes?
Produced by Drs. Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl K. Olson for Brainlink, under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Host: Richard Falzone, MD; featuring John Kelly, Ph.D. of Mass. General Hospital [Feel free to copy this video or embed it in your site; please credit Brainlink]
Buprenorphine implant decreases opioid usage in persons with opioid dependence
Buprenorphine implant decreases opioid usage in persons with opioid dependence
Helping to address the issue of medication adherence, persons with opioid dependence who had the medication buprenorphine implanted had less opioid use over 16 weeks, according to a study in the October 13 issue of JAMA.
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Treatment of tobacco dependence requires the scientific method – quit smoking – the pharmaceutical industries
Treatment of tobacco dependence requires the scientific method – quit smoking – the pharmaceutical industries
As we all know smoking is harmful to health. As a respiratory doctor, I usually come into contact with many patients, many of them are smoking-related disease, or even a very serious disease. I am… Continue reading
Natural Recovery From Alcohol Dependence
Natural Recovery From Alcohol Dependence
Alcohol dependence is a wide spread problem that affects tens of millions of people throughout the globe. There are many more additional people touched in some indirect way with the associated problems of alcoholism or dependency. There are almost as many ideas on how to… Continue reading