Is There Clinical Help to Treat Unwanted Xanax Dependency That Doesn’t Treat a Person as a Drug Abuse Patient?
Question by Bernie: Is there clinical help to treat unwanted Xanax dependency that doesn’t treat a person as a drug abuse patient?
My wife has been prescribed Xanax for 12 years to alleviate the symptoms for panic/anxiety disorder. She has been admitted to the hospital in the past as dosages were increased to the point of lethargy, confusion, coordination difficulties and other injurious side effects. At the hospital she suffered a terrifying crash that ultimately resulted with medical advice to continue the drugs.
This One Is for All You Genius Medical Professionals? Is There Any Other Reason That “Controlled Drugs” Are
Question by Nancy E: This one is for all you genius medical professionals? Is there any other reason that “controlled drugs” are
classified as controlled other than the fact that they have the potential to be addictive? Thanks.
God’s Speed and Grace,
Nancy
Best answer:
Answer by omg!twins!1
Drugs are classified as controlled substances based on the ability and extent of abuse, as well as there ability to cause psychological or physiological dependency, and the risk to public health. Which means if it is not used exactly as prescribed could result in death. The classification of drugs is based on their ability to cause abuse, dependency and or risk of harm to the patient.
Twin Cities Drug Abuse Expert Reacts to Hoffman's Death
Twin Cities Drug Abuse Expert Reacts To Hoffman's Death
Hoffman, 46, reportedly had battled drug addiction, but was clean for 23 years before falling off the wagon in 2012. He checked into a rehab center last year, according to reports. Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 movie “Capote.
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The Brutal Business Of Heroin Brings Wave Of Overdoses In Pa.
He's the medical director at the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh. He says dealers have … If the Theraflu goes away, we still have a major problem with heroin and prescription drugs in our community, and we can't forget that. RATH: That's …
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COLUMN: Heroin Addiction Becomes Community Issue
COLUMN: Heroin addiction becomes community issue
Heroin is an illegal and highly addictive drug that continues to be a huge problem in our community and around the world, and our goal is for this program to provide help and support to those affected by this epidemic, in our endeavor to help stop the …
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Behavioral health workers gather to learn about gambling addiction
… Staff Writer. Oxford Hills |. Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 8:54 pm. NORWAY — Treatment and support options for Mainers struggling with a gambling problem have expanded in recent years, and new state rules may help more people break away from an …
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What Can You Tell Me About Cocaine Addiction?
Question by Alice in Wonderland: what can you tell me about cocaine addiction?
I guess I grew up fairly sheltered because I know close to nothing about drug addiction. I know that drugs are bad and that they almost always destroy your life in one way or another if you don’t stop and get the right help. What I want to know are the signs and ways to tell if someone has done or is high on cocaine. Someone I really care about told me they do it. And that they want to stop. And that they do it cause they like it but almost immediately after doing it they feel horrible – depressed. Said they feel like they have no self-control over it.
How Did the Term “Cold Turkey” Come to Be Used to Mean Abrupt Discontinuance of Addictive Drug Use?
Question by Bill: How did the term “cold turkey” come to be used to mean abrupt discontinuance of addictive drug use?
How did this come to refer to recovery from drug addiction by abrupt discontinuance?
Best answer:
Answer by bohogirl1
A narrowing of the meaning “suddenly or without preparation,” from cold turkey being a dish that requires little preparation; originally used for heroin addicts.[7]
From the American phrase talk turkey meaning “to speak bluntly with little preparation”.[8]
Some believe the derivation is from the comparison of a cold turkey carcass and the state of a withdrawing addict — most notably, the cold sweats, goose bumps.[9]
Reference to the periods after Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays where cold (leftover) turkey was likely to be eaten, coinciding with the end of those holidays’ characteristically high alcohol consumption.[10]