On tonight’s ABC news 20/20 episode, David Muir reports on the epidemic sweeping the country by storm: heroin and opiate addiction. Heroin overdoses are happening everyday to people of all ages and race. Drugs discriminate against no one. One man could not even wait to get home before shooting up heroin in his car in New […]
Oxycontin addiction
Addiction to Paracetamol – Drug Addict Help
Controversy continues as to whether or not it is possible to have an addiction to paracetamol, a non-narcotic pain relief drug, also known as acetaminophen. Whilst a commonly used and effective pain reliever for everyday aches and pains, paracetamol is known to cause liver toxicity in high or prolonged doses. However, doubt still remains as […]
Ohio Fights Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse in Ohio causes more deaths than suicide or driving accidents. For an outlay of $8.9m the State will qualify for a Federal grant to total $36m to be used to help treat people suffering from mental illness and drug addiction, and hopefully get them into employment. The funding has been applied for […]
OxyContin Side Effects: Addiction Help
Oxycontin side effects are said to be the possibility of headaches, nausea, dry mouth, sweating, vomiting or drowsiness, constipation, perhaps a bit uncomfortable, but nothing really life threatening. No one tells you that you might need addict help for Oxycontin addiction. Oxycontin users are often not informed about more severe side effects such as slow […]
Help for Oxycontin Addiction: Holistic Help or Heroin?
Getting help for Oxycontin addictionmeans getting holistic addict help, not using heroin as a cure for symptoms of pain and withdrawal. Following a 2007 settlement in which Purdue Pharma settled criminal and civil charges of misleading the public as to the addictive properties of Oxycontin, with the payment of a fine of $634.5 million, Oxycontin […]
Glia, Drug Use and Pain
Using drugs excites our defense systems because they are toxic to us. Supporting drug use by knocking out our natural immunity and healing mechanisms increases disorder and debilitates the body. Holistic methods work with the body to achieve good health and recovery.
Is Help possible for Oxycontin Addicts?
There are a number of different ways to help oxycodone addicts that also deal with the sometimes severe withdrawal symptoms that accompanies the stop of drug use
Treatment for Prescription Drug Abuse
Most people do not set out to become drug addicts, particularly those who are just following a doctor’s orders. The fact is, however, that is often what happens
What is Oxycontin?
Oxycontin was manufactured to be a time-released form of Oxycodone. It is not cut with any aspirin or aspirin free pain reliever but is pure Oxycodone with a protective, time-release layer. The problem is