Painkillers are a common part of everyday life. People across the country take pain pills daily for chronic pain, post-surgery, and injury. Unfortunately, the effects…
Over 18 million Americans misuse prescription painkillers each year. While a doctor originally prescribed these medications to treat pain, addiction is too common. Seeing the…
Painkillers are widely used and highly addictive. However, many people who develop an addiction to painkillers have no intentions of abusing them and following doctor-prescribed…
Opioid overdose deaths in the United States are more prevalent than ever before, and the number keeps growing. Fentanyl is becoming more widespread in medical…
When an individual has developed a dependence on a substance, whether alcohol or drugs, different aspects combine to form that dependence: physical and psychological aspects.…
Addiction is a chronic disease that changes brain functions and leads to an inability to control one’s thoughts and behaviors. Treating addiction as soon as…
Physical dependence can emerge with the chronic use of many different substances. This can develop with prescription drugs, even if they are taken as prescribed.…
Much of what we think we know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction comes from old wives’ tales, stories from our friends, or even marketing from…
When it comes to addiction treatment, every patient is unique and has a timeline for recovery. Factors like the particular drug addiction treatment program, the…
An increase in drug overdoses has many people worried during the last few years. More than 100,000 people overdosed in 2021, a record number since…