Excessive Medications Often Prescribed After Surgeries A recent study published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) indicates that doctors are unnecessarily prescribing high amounts of opioid medications to patients after noninvasive surgeries. The amount and dosage of the opioid prescriptions may be excessive and are leading to dependent, addictive behaviors in some … Read More
How outpatient drug rehab is different Both in-patient and outpatient drug rehab programs are most often beneficial in overcoming addiction. However, many people want to pursue recovery without living in a facility. When comparing outpatient and inpatient drug treatment, it’s pretty easy to discern that the costs of inpatient treatment can be high and the … Read More
Early childhood years important for drug abuse prevention The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has recently published information about interventions in early childhood that may prevent drug abuse as well as other unhealthy behaviors. The informative guide discusses things that impact children’s self-control and overall mental health, from pregnancy to age 8. The study … Read More
April is Alcohol Awareness Month Beginning in 1987, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) has sponsored programs related to alcohol awareness in the month of April. The purpose of the focus in April is to raise awareness about alcoholism and reduce the shame surrounding the disease. The theme for 2016 is “Talk … Read More
New warnings about addictive prescription. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday new safety labeling changes for immediate-release (IR) opioid pain medications. From here on out, there must be warnings on prescription medications about the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse, overdose and deaths. The FDA hopes that this change will lessen the addiction … Read More
Prescriptions and Supplements: Deadly Combinations? A recent report published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that many individuals, particularly older adults (ages 62-85) are combining prescription medications and over the counter supplements without exploring the risks of doing so. The results were very interesting. A database of reported and predicted drug interactions was used … Read More
Symptoms of Xanax Abuse There is a lot of talk about the rise of prescription drug abuse in the media and else where these days. In fact, prescription drug abuse is on the rise more than ever before. Among commonly abused prescription drugs is the drug Xanax. Because tolerance to Xanax occurs quickly, those who … Read More
9 Things to Try for Anxiety in Children A recent article published in the Huffington Post by Renee Jain discusses anxiety in children. Interestingly, she states, “40 million American adults, as well as 1 in 8 children, suffer from anxiety.” More kids than most of realize miss out on school and social activities just because … Read More
4-MTA 4-MTA is a designer drug that was created in the 1990s by a team of Purdue University researchers, led by David E. Nichols. Prof. Nichols created the drug intending to use it on laboratory animals to help develop a “safer” version of ecstasy or Prozac for use in humans. The drug is composed of … Read More
Should Kids Know About Parent’s Past Drug Use? A recent study, published in the Journal of Human Communication Research, shows that disclosing any experiences parents have had with drug in the past to their children is not a good idea. Parents who experimented with hard or mild drug use in their teenage or young adult … Read More
