Can Heroin Withdrawal Kill You?
How You Can Die From Heroin Withdrawal There are not many rules about what “not” to do when[...]
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Detox Centers In Orange County
Understanding Addiction Drug addiction is a neurobehavioral syndrome characterized by tenacious seeking, and compulsive using plus an inability[...]
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How Addiction Affects The Family
Addiction is a Family Problem Drug addiction has a negative impact on the family and just about everyone[...]
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Heroin Tolerance
Tolerance to heroin Heroin tolerance is is a complex process of neuroadaptation. It is defined by reduced response[...]
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How Alcohol Affects Your Body
Alcohol Dangers: We know the subjective effects of alcohol appear to be greatest in men and women[...]
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Opiate Terms and Definitions
Alphabetical This is an alphabetical list of opiate terms and definitions. We compiled them here in one place[...]
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Can Opiates Affect Your Sperm
Chronic opiate use inhibits the pituitary gland from releasing luteinizing hormone (LH) into the circulatory system. LH is[...]
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What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
WHAT IS CBT? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or “CBT” is an integration of two different therapies, Behavior Therapy and[...]
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Stages Of Alcoholism
Nobody completely understands why a person who drinks less than most, becomes an alcoholic, while another person who[...]
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Heroin Addiction Treatment
Heroin tolerance, dependence, and addiction are all manifestations of brain changes resulting from repeated heroin use. The struggle[...]
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Why Heroin Makes You Itchy
What is itchiness? Itchiness is a subjective, irritating sensation arising from superficial layers of skin that provokes an[...]
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Turn Your Life Around
Goals The goals of addiction treatment are to attain and sustain long-term abstinence. This outcome allows men and[...]
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Can Drugs Change Your Personality
PERSONALITY Your personality is the way you think, feel and act. It’s ever-changing, and it influences how you[...]
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Medical Detoxification
WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME Chronic substance abuse may lead to physical dependence, which is a biological condition characterized by susceptibility[...]
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Does Heroin Affect Memory
MEMORY IS A FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN Among heroin addicts there is an unofficial term used to describe[...]
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Heroin Induced Euphoria
Heroin targets your brain’s reward system by flooding the circuit with dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter present in[...]
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Why You Cannot Pee On Heroin
I’m having trouble peeing Urine retention is an inability to pee, and we get it, this is not an[...]
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Heroin Addict Personality Traits
Can heroin change your personality? There are three primary elements to heroin related personality change; (1) were either[...]
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Who Invented Heroin
Why was heroin invented? At the time heroin was invented, the only effective medication for pain, diarrhea and[...]
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Substance Use Disorder Resources
Available resources for additional information on the causes and consequences of drug and alcohol use and addiction and[...]
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