Opioid Abuse

Understanding Opioid Addiction

08.08.2024

Understanding Opioid Addiction

Opioid addiction is on the rise in America. There are several different kinds of opioids: prescription medications, fentanyl, and heroin. Opioid addiction is a blanket term used to categorize substance use disorder involving one of these substances. Prescription Opioids Opiates are a common pain relieving medication that doctors prescribe after surgery, for acute pain, and other conditions. They block pain signals from the brain to the body. Commonly used prescription opioids include morphine, codeine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone.  Not only do these prescription medications

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Heroin vs Fentanyl: The Difference Between the Two Opioids

11.07.2024

Heroin vs Fentanyl: The Difference Between the Two Opioids

There are several different types of opioids, and fentanyl and heroin are two of the most common ones. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid and heroin is derived from morphine. Fentanyl is the more potent of the two, but heroin is incredibly fast acting, making them both highly addictive and dangerous. Fentanyl – The Man Made Opioid Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that may be prescribed in controlled doses for special cases, but it is mostly created on the street illegally. When

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Drug and Alcohol Detox Programs

11.01.2024

Drug and Alcohol Detox Programs: How to Find a Safe One

It can be hard to find the top drug and alcohol detox program near you. The top the substances of abuse that most drug and alcohol treatment facilities detox patients from are alcohol, opiates and benzodiazepines. The reasons why these are the top substances people need to detox from vary. For example, abruptly stopping alcohol consumption, opiate or benzodiazepine use can result in not only painful, disorienting side effects, it can also result in death. In one case of death

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