Addictions Articles

Drug Detox, Rehab and Education Are the Answers to Prescription Drug Epidemic - Posted by MacTaggart.

A drug detox program and drug rehab help those who know they have a prescription drug problem, but what will help those who think the drugs are safe?

Drug Detox Could Use Some of the $60 Billion Big Pharma Spends on Advertising - Posted by MacTaggart.

How much drug detox money would it take to get people off drugs that aren’t really necessary?

Drug Rehab May Not Be An Option For Multi-Drug Cocktail Abusers - Posted by Rod MacTaggart.

Although a drug rehab program is the right place for any drug abuser, the dangers of drug combining can reduce the chances of ever recovering

Drug Rehab And 2007: The Year Of Celebrity - And Media - Excess - Posted by Rod MacTaggart.

One drug rehab program or another was just as much in the news as global warming and the war in Iraq

Self Help Steps To Stop Drinking - Posted by max08y.

Are you married to an alcoholic? Is your husband/wife a different person when they drink? Are you tired of the Dr.Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde Behavior? Are you at your wits end and just can’t take it anymore? What can you do?

Causes & Effects of Lead Poisoning - Posted by Lena Butler.

Lead is a highly toxic metal found in small amounts in the earth’s crust. Because of its relative abundance, low cost, and physical properties, lead and lead based compounds are frequently used in a wide variety of products including paint, ceramics, pipes, solders, gasoline, batteries, and cosmetics.

Sources of Lead - Posted by Lena Butler.

Over last few decades, lead poisoning has emerged as one of the major threats to environment and human health. There are many ways in which humans are exposed to lead: through deteriorating paint, household dust, bare soil, air, drinking water, food, ceramics, home remedies, hair dyes and other cosmetics. Much of this lead is of microscopic size, invisible to the naked eye.

Vicodin: Prescription Drug Abuse & Testing - Posted by Lena Butler.

Vicodin is a derivative of opium, which also used to manufacture heroin. It is the most widely known brand name for a combination of hydrocodone and acetaminophen. Some of its generic equivalents include brand names Lorcet, Lortab, Norco, Panacet and Zydone.

Methadone: Prescription Drug Abuse & Testing - Posted by Lena Butler.

Methadone is a synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming than that. It is frequently used in narcotic detoxification and heroin addiction rehab. It is available by its trade name Dolophine which actually comes from the German word Dolphium that reflects its German Origin as Methadone was developed in Germany in 1937.

OxyContin: Prescription Drug Abuse & Testing - Posted by Lena Butler.

OxyContin is an opium derivative, which contains the same active ingredient as in Percodan and Percocet. OxyContin is a very strong narcotic pain reliever similar to morphine. OxyContin is designed so that its oxycodone salt is slowly released over time. OxyContin products are in schedule II of the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 in United States.