Drug addicts have given up conscious control of their lives and the substances they abuse. Drug addiction may be the only medical disorder that has the effect of convincing the patient that he is fine and that everyone one else has a problem. It is a perplexing and dangerous disease and there is no way to determine who will become an addict, and who will not. Recovery can require professional treatment, support from family and friends, dedication, a bit of luck and multiple attempts before an addict regains control. Addictions.com has the tools and resources you'll need to live a drug-free life.
Drug Addiction
If you or a loved one is not living a healthy lifestyle, they may have an addiction. One type of addiction is drug addiction. This is actually a serious disease. All drug addicts are different, but the drugs definitely affect their brain and eventually their ability to function in day to day life. Of course, ...
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The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the high degree of difficulty and mostly unsuccessful attempts by the various pharmaceutical and biotech companies who have tried to develop vaccines to treat addiction. Despite the fact that the list of recent addiction vaccine failures is lengthy and includes many failed attempts at developing mostly anti-smoking vaccines ...
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Whispers in the wind seem to indicate that at a time when the federal government is making life difficult for medical marijuana dispensaries and patients across the nation, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is simultaneously preparing to give major pharmaceutical companies the OK to take over the market with mass-produced marijuana-derived pills and potions. David ...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new initiative targeting opioid addiction and unveiled plans to cut prescription drug deaths by 15% over the next five years by requiring drug makers and prescribing doctors to better inform their patients about the risks of using painkillers. The new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) ...
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Opioid drugs known as narcotics have been used since the beginning of recorded history. The term narcotic originally referred to any psychoactive compound with sleep-inducing properties, but today it has since become associated with opioid drugs alone. Opium derived from the poppy plant was used in ancient cultures to induce calm and relieve pain, and ...
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All addictions can have problematic effects on the mind, body, spirit and emotions and while they are treatable, without intervention the problems of addiction will eventually become chronic and may even result in death. Professional addictions counselors seek to better understand the addictive process and the impact of addiction on the addict, family and society ...
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Human growth hormone (HGH) is an anabolic androgenic steroid that has been used to correct of hormone imbalance, and the wasting effects of AIDS. Athletes often abuse HGH to gain strength and stamina, while others use it for its supposed anti-aging effects. One thing is clear though; any use of HGH can cause side effects. ...
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According to a recent study coming out of the Scripps Research Institute in Florida, 35% of the U.S. population may be genetically predisposed to nicotine addiction. Researchers studied the brain’s reception of nicotine and found a gene called CHRNA5 that is responsible for some of the addictive aspects of tobacco use. As nicotine is activated ...
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Addiction treatment centers across the nation are starting to see patients turning up with familiar addictive behaviors related to a new legal drug on the market that is being sold as bath salts. The bath salts are sold by names like Charge, White Knight and Sky Vanilla and all have labels stating they are not ...
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A new study published in Biological Psychiatry suggests “exercising” the brain is a viable strategy for increasing the value of future rewards in the minds of addicts who have shown a tendency to choose a smaller but sooner reward over future benefits, even if the future reward is greater. Reducing the value of a future ...
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