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?Drug Driving? More Likely Than Drunk Driving
2007-11-21 18:15:00
Here?s the good news: the anti-drunk driving campaigns are working. And the bad news? Well, let?s just say someone should launch an anti-using and driving campaign. According to a new study by the Australian Drug Foundation that found that of those surveyed a little more than a third of all who took opiate prescription painkillers reported driving within three hours of taking the drug. How many reported driving after drinking? Less than 14 percent.
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Defining Recovery
2007-11-20 18:09:00
A word of warning: people in the substance abuse treatment, psychology, psychotherapy and medical industries really, really like their definitions. You can?t just throw a word like ?recovery? around willy nilly and not expect for someone in a white coat to ask for clarification.
More About: Recovery , Drug Rehab , Addiction , Detox , Subutex

Brain-Circuitry and Drug Addiction
2007-11-19 18:08:00
The study of the day: long-term drug use rewires circuitry in the brain so that any and all positive rewards pale in comparison to more of the drug of choice. This explains why the man who has been told by his wife that he can only come home when he gets clean just can?t stay away from using. It explains why the woman who is under threat of losing her children still can?t leave the pills alone.
More About: Drug Rehab , Addiction , Drug , Brain , Subutex

Big Surprise: Inhibitions Lowered During Drug Use
2007-11-18 18:05:00
Betcha didn?t know that, huh? Anyone who?s had a few too many over a dinner meeting, a family reunion or an office party knows all too well how the filters between the brain and mouth and the brain and actions can shrivel into nothing when doused with alcohol. Throw in a few prescription painkillers, a line of coke or other ?recreational? drugs and not only are you in for a night of uncensored action but the strong possibility that it will be wrapped in a blackout as well.
More About: Addiction , Drug , Subutex , Suboxone , Drug Use

Did You Know?A Third of Popular Songs Refer To Substance Use
2007-11-17 18:12:00
You knew that certain genres of music were, perhaps, more apt to mention certain, um, ?taboo? subjects more often than others, subjects including drug and alcohol use?and I?m not talking about encouragement to take your painkillers as prescribed.
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More and More UK Addicts Seeking Treatment
2007-11-16 18:35:00
So what do the Brits have that we don?t? Why are their citizens who are addicted to drugs started to show higher percentages getting treatment? Is it the quality of the drugs? The treatment options available? Something in the water?
More About: Drug Rehab , Treatment , Detox , Seeking , Subutex

Ozzy Ozbourne?s Bupe Prescribing Doc Accused of Malpractice, Released for B
2007-11-15 19:04:00
That?s right. The Medical Board of California spent nine years investigating a doctor for malpractice due to his habit of prescribing buprenorphine for drug addiction only to find that the real problem was not hiring the right assistant to keep his records up to day.
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Improving Addiction Treatment Through ?ACTION?
2007-11-14 17:35:00
There?s a new movement in the world of substance abuse and addiction treatment and its acronym spells ACTION. It?s the National Adopting Changes to Improve Outcomes Now Campaign and it?s here to better the services available to those who need treatment and increase access across the board as well as keep those who are getting treatment actively involved in their own process of recovery.
More About: Action , Addiction , Treatment , Subutex , Suboxone

National Institute of Health Wins An Emmy
2007-11-13 23:08:00
Actually, not one Emmy but two for the documentary series called ?Addiction ? on HBO. The 14-part series has garnered lots of attention, not just from the media moguls but from addicts, friends and family members of addicts and substance abuse counselors.
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The Difference Between Suboxone and Subutex
2007-11-12 16:48:00
Though the mechanics and advantages of buprenorphine are becoming more well-known in the United States, there?s still a little bit of confusion about the difference between its two versions, Suboxone and Subutex .
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5 Tips to Talking to Your Kids About Drug Use
2007-11-11 18:05:00
According to the Partnership for a Drug -Free America?s Time To Talk campaign, middle school is the best time to try and talk to your kids about drug use and abuse. Here are a few tips as you attempt to make those conversations as smooth and clear as possible:
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Vaccines to Cure Drug Addiction?
2007-11-10 19:59:00
There is agreement across the board: buprenorphine whether prescribed in the form of Subutex or Suboxone is an extremely effective treatment for those who are addicted to opiates. Heroin addicts and those who are addicted to prescription painkillers now have a new way to break their physical addictions in the privacy of their own homes thanks to FDA approval and the government?s prudent discretion. But what about those who are addicted to marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth?
More About: Addiction , Vaccines , Detox , Drug , Cure

Parents Successfully Talk to Middle School Kids About Drug And Alcohol Use
2007-11-09 18:18:00
When is the best time to ask kids about drug and alcohol use? It?s a common question among parents who want to have the most impact on affecting their child?s choices. According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America's new nationwide parent movement Time To Talk ?, the best time is middle school.
More About: Kids , Addiction , School , Alcohol

Buprenorphine for Relapse Prevention
2007-11-08 20:31:00
Yes, buprenorphine is a great way to recover from drug addiction and detox of prescription painkillers or other opioid-based drugs without dealing with withdrawal symptoms. But in the world of treatment, relapse prevention is a huge part of healing and maintaining a drug free life. Subutex and Suboxone are great for that, too.
More About: Drug Rehab , Prevention , Methadone

Buprenorphine: The Lure of Privacy
2007-11-07 19:00:00
In the first year of its legal use for treatment of drug addiction from a doctor?s office setting, American doctors who were certified to do so wrote more than 80,000 prescriptions for buprenorphine (Subutex or Suboxone ). What is the biggest draw for those who are addicted to opiates like prescription medication or heroin? Why choose buprenorphine over the more common and better known methadone? In a word, privacy.
More About: Privacy , Painkillers , Lure

Is It Possible to Abuse Buprenorphine?
2007-11-06 19:05:00
The short answer: It depends on what form of buprenorphine you have, Subutex or Suboxone .
More About: Abuse , Drug Rehab , Addiction

Methadone Versus Buprenorphine
2007-11-05 22:56:00
Substitution treatment for drug addiction is based on replacing the drug of choice with a one that mimics its actions in the body and the brain. You trick the body into thinking that a less harmful drug is the drug of choice so that you don?t go into withdrawal. Meanwhile, you are, in essence, trading down your addiction to a drug that doesn?t tear up your body as badly or carry the risks that other methods of drug ingestion might. The two that do the job: methadone and buprenorphine in the form of Subutex and Suboxone .
More About: Drug Rehab , Versus , Methadone

How Drug Cravings Work
2007-11-04 17:44:00
Drug cravings or a compulsion to use drugs even after you?ve made the decision to quit is one of the ways in which medical professionals can accurately identify drug addiction. Both a psychological and physical issue, drug craving feels almost instinctual and taming it can make you feel crazy and powerless. But how, exactly, does it work and why?
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Drug Addiction: Voluntary or Involuntary?
2007-11-03 19:46:00
There?s no doubt that in 99.9 percent of cases, the first use of any recreational drug is voluntary. Even the use of an addictive prescription drug, ultimately, is voluntary. But what about addiction? Do you choose to use or is it an uncontrollable compulsion?
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What Sparked The Change In Opiate Addiction Treatment?
2007-11-02 17:42:00
It used to be that those who suffered from drug addiction were considered to have a major problem with will-power?or ?won?t? power, to be more specific. Everyone?medical professionals included?thought that all it took to quit using drugs was to ?just say no.? As time went on and research results came in, it became much more clear: drug addiction was a chronic disease with medical characteristics and, like other chronic diseases, it was prone to relapse or recur even when it had seemingly been abolished for a time.
More About: Change , Addiction , Treatment , Detox , Subutex

Buprenorphine Effectively Treats Teen Heroin Addiction
2007-11-01 19:44:00
Buprenorphine in the form of Subutex or Suboxone is the most efficient way to treat prescription drug addiction without having to enter into a residential treatment program or go to a maintenance clinic every day. Unfortunately, many drugs have the opposite effect on teenagers as they do in adults. Subutex and Suboxone may help adults to break their addiction to painkillers with little or no withdrawal symptoms, but what effect does it have on teenagers with the same issues?
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Suboxone Approved for Drug Addiction Treatment in The European Union
2007-10-31 16:46:00
For once, the United States is ahead of the game when it comes to progressive drug approval. In 2002, the U.S. made a breakthrough decision in allowing buprenorphine to be prescribed for drug addiction treatment from a doctor?s office setting as opposed to confining its use to drug treatment clinics exclusively like methadone. Consequently, Subutex and Suboxone have enjoyed five years of unparalleled success as thousands have taken advantage of the new ruling and recovered from physical addiction to opiate-based prescription medications and street drugs like heroin.
More About: European Union , European , Addiction , Union , Treatment

Bush Bravely Surfs the Sea of Liberalism
2007-10-30 17:11:00
Maybe he isn?t a complete moron. This year, Georgie W (AKA Leader of the Free World, President George W. Bush ) made a law out of a proposed amendment to the Controlled Substances Act that allows buprenorphine to be prescribed for substance abuse treatment from a doctor?s office setting as opposed to a drug treatment clinic. Doctors may now prescribe bupe to as many as 100 patients instead of 30.
More About: Addiction , Liberalism , Subutex , Suboxone

Buprenorphine Offers Hope in the Face of Growing Painkiller Abuse
2007-10-29 17:14:00
Painkiller addiction is the largest rising threat to high schoolers today, medicine cabinets being a lot easier for the average teenager to access than a drug dealer. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, more than 6 million Americans use prescription medication for purposes other than their intended one. That is to say, for recreational purposes or to maintenance an addiction rather than to treat chronic pain. One out of every 10 teenagers says that they have used prescription pain meds for recreational purposes and these little pills are responsible for more overdose deaths than both heroin and cocaine combined.
More About: Abuse , Addiction , Hope , Offers , Face

San Francisco Isn?t Sharing Like It Used To
2007-10-28 20:06:00
I love studies and this study makes me particularly happy, speaking as it does to my home: needle-sharing among drug injectors in San Francisco is down, as is the spread of hepatitis C (HCV) and hepatitis B (HBV).  The September issue of Hepatology said as much in, outlining the results of a study run by ...
More About: Addiction , Sharing , Subutex

Pop Stars Run Double The Risk Of Dying Early
2007-10-27 19:00:00
There?s a study on just about everything and the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is documenting about as much as they can. And here?s the latest: pop and rock stars are twice as likely to die early as the rest of us with the highest risk of death occurring during the first few years of fame. Artists who landed in the "All Time Top 1000 Albums? were included in the study and it soon became clear that drugs and alcohol account for about 25 percent of the deaths.
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Just Say No To Herbal Treatments for Drug Addiction
2007-10-26 17:25:00
You?ve spent months, maybe years, addicted to chemical painkillers. You?ve taken the first step toward a healthier life by signing up for a Suboxone/Subutex treatment plan with Meditox. You?ll be surprised at how much better you feel when it?s all said and done, but any detox?even one that?s done to clean out the body when no drugs are involved?can make you feel sluggish, tired and even a little ill. A lot of companies out there may try and push ?herbal? remedies for addiction, reminding you that buprenorphine is a prescription drug just like the one you are addicted to. It?d be nice if that were true. But it?s not.
More About: Treatments , Addiction , Drug , Herbal

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Naloxone
2007-10-25 17:20:00
Naloxone is a key ingredient in Suboxone , a drug consisting of both buprenorphine and Naloxone. The sole purpose of naloxone is to block the effect of opiates, technically called an opiate antagonist. When injected, it immediately reverses the effects of sedation and respiratory depression that an overdose of an opioid drug can cause.
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Everything You Need To Know About Staying Safe on Suboxone?But Didn?t Know
2007-10-24 16:55:00
Like any drug, Suboxone isn?t appropriate for people with certain medical conditions or taking certain medications. Though Suboxone treatment works for most who have an addiction to opiate-based drugs, it?s important to know if it?s right for you before you set your sights on it.
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Everything You Need To Know To Stay Safe on Subutex?But Didn?t Know To Ask
2007-10-23 17:48:00
Like any drug, there are certain things you need to know about Subutex to make sure that you use it safely especially if you are taking other medications or have a medical condition. Make sure that you tell your Meditox doctor about everything in your medical file that is relevant.
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