Early Prevention and Detection are Key to Combating Teen Addiction Just about every teen spends time on social media these days. It’s mostly harmless…but there’s a disturbing parallel to social media use. Teens who spend a lot of time on social media are much more likely to abuse drugs or alcohol. How much more? 5
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January 10, 2019
Does Your Teen Have Substance Abuse Problems?
- By : Jennifer Dooley
- addiction, alcoholism, Drug Rehab, opioid crisis, substance abuse disorder
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September 5, 2018
Vivitrol: An Addiction Treatment Medication with Huge Potential
- By : Jennifer Dooley
- addiction, non-opioid, opioid crisis
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Vivitrol isn’t the ‘perfect’ opioid addiction treatment yet…but it’s close. It seems like we, as a society, are eternally on the hunt for miracle cures to entrenched problems – addiction to alcohol and other drugs, unhealthy eating, gambling addiction, to name a few. We want one tiny pill that will magically render us whole again,
- By : Jennifer Dooley
- addiction, Drug Rehab, non-opioid, opioid crisis, substance abuse disorder
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According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), “Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the use of FDA- approved medications to treat alcohol and opioid addiction, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a ‘whole-patient’ approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. Research shows that a combination of medication and
July 25, 2018
Chronic Pain and the Aging of America
- By : Jennifer Dooley
- non-opioid, opioid crisis, painkillers
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Two Drugs Are Coming to Help – Without the Opioid Addiction Risk Since the population of America is aging at an exponential rate – the number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to more than double by 2060 – and in keeping with the osteoarthritis/non-narcotic chronic pain relief theme of our last blog
July 13, 2018
Centrexion: Chronic Pain Relief without Opioids
- By : Jennifer Dooley
- non-opioid, opioid crisis, painkillers
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A New Type of Non-Opioid Chronic Pain Therapy is Here In a world where we struggle with the opioid addictions our own pharmaceutical companies and medical communities have helped create and enable, it’s always heartening to hear about a company seeking non-narcotic solutions to pain. With their latest product, Centrexion Therapeutics addressed the critical need
May 23, 2018
What Happens During Opiate/Opioid Withdrawals?
- By : Jennifer Dooley
- addiction, Detox, Opiates, opioid crisis, Opioids, painkillers, Withdrawal
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To an opiate or opioid addict, ‘withdrawal’ is a monster always ready to pounce. It’s natural to want to avoid withdrawal pain! However, if you know what to expect during a withdrawal, it loses its fangs. Withdrawal is Intense, But Survivable The very word ‘withdrawal’ conjures up images of people curled into a ball on