Okay, I know I’m going to sound stupid. I usually drink 2-3 glasses of red wine a day. I was recently prescribed oxycontin 20mg for a broken leg. I started drinking wine about two hours after I took the second dose for the day. THEN it hits me, alcohol and pain killers are a dangerous [...]
It was just on Entertainment weekly news.
I would like to kick the meth use habit but I dont want to go to rehab cause I have doctor appointments and I work at the soup kitcen once a week. Please help with suggestions
My dad already quit alcohol years ago, so it really surprised me that he started again now. I just learned this when he called me up on the phone in the middle of the night and he really sounded drunk. He admitted that he was, and this really scares me. I guess this is because [...]
Can alcohol advertisement in sport broadcasting somehow make people addicted to alcoholism and Hooliganism? Things like Tiger beer or Heineken’s ads in Barclay’s Premier League. Do those things have the same mechanism of persuading young people who watch football match in TV to get addicted to alcohol?
There is a lot that people don’t understand about drug addiction, and a stigma attached to those who have even been drug free for over 20 years. The nature of the disease is different, and Walter explains that for some addictions people need to take medication in order to live a sober and happy productive [...]
My doctor just prescribed Naltrexone for me in attempt to treat my sexual addiction problem. Does anyone know about how successful this medication works for the treatment of sexual addictions? The drug is really used for Alcohol abuse treatment and people addicted to Heroion. I checked the net but could not find anything that mentioned [...]
I’ve been taking oxycontin for a while for pain associated with a surgery and I noticed that even after a relatively low dose of oxycontin, I got severely constpiated lol. Why do they do that? Is that dangerous, or do they somehow do something to the liquids in your body? I also have dry mouth [...]
My 22 year old sister used to use cocaine heavy…and rehab helped now shes back using again for 2-3 weeks what will happen if she stops now? will there be withdrawls after 2-3 weeks of heavy use? what are symptoms of withdrawls someone please help is there anything to help her with withdrawls?
Should children be placed back with a mom who has been thru rehab 4 times and is currently in rehab, admitted to using meth, and fractured an 8 month old babies skull, lied to DHR, and asked for an open marriage?
I am writing an expository essay on the negative effects of alcoholism in my advanced composition class and I am in need of reliable sources. List all the helpful links you can. Thank you.
I have to go to a job interview in the morning and it requires a drug test somewhere along the line but I go to a methadone clinic and so I am wondering how long it takes to show up as clean.I know I sure don’t want to ten day detox,that’s for sure.
How should I go about it? Could I go to a walk in clinic?
I feel naucious after drinking alchol, and it is because of the medication called “Naltrexone”. What can I do to reduce nauciousness and feel not sick?
Before you answer, why is a drug that has little physical dependence, and is proven to assist in medical purposses illegal? If Oxycontin is prefered over heroin in abusers, why is this medication legal even though it is far more dangerous and addictive that marijuana? Alcohol is a better example to justify the hipocracy….
I have information that cocaine can resurface years later and tha is why George B cannot complete thoughts.
just so you all know (since some of you are bad mouthing me) I am doing some research for a rehab center where i live. We are wondering how many have actually had a good success after rehab with meth use. And wondering how it has affected the person, as well as the friends and [...]
I have a friend in Colorado that has not got a job. He has a bad alcohol problem, but no money to goo to rehab. Plain old 12 step meetings are not enough, he needs more help than that. Any help with this would be appreciated.
Vt man who let toddler ingest methadone sentenced NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man whose toddler ingested methadone has been given a suspended jail term. Thirty-four-year-old Nathaniel Stahl , of Marshfield, was sentenced Wednesday to 6 to 12 months in jail — all suspended — and ordered to serve 30 days on furlough and [...]