Ketamine has many medical uses, like treating burns, but is often used illicitly. Known as "Special K", Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that is can be abused for its physical and mental health effects, including hallucinations. Side Effects of Ketamine Addiction As with many drugs, sometimes people become ... Read More
Help With Substance Abuse
Substance abuse disorder is a diagnosable medical and mental health disorder. It becomes a disorder when it begins interfering with a person’s day-to-day life. It affects 21.5 million people over the age of 2012, yet many do not seek help. Here you will find articles cataloging the aspects and types of substance abuse. The experts at FHE Health identify trends and explain addiction risks for substances from Juul to inhalants.
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The Terrifying Path from an Opioid Prescription to Heroin Addiction
How do prescription opioids lead to heroin use? The answer to that question is one that every American can benefit from knowing, in light of distressingly high rates of addiction to painkillers in this country. Heroin is a highly addictive drug that's made from morphine, which is a natural substance that's taken ... Read More
3 Truths About Imodium Misuse That Are Hard to Stomach
Imodium is a drug that's not well understood, despite being commonly used to ease the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's disease, and a whole host of other conditions that affect the digestive tract and cause diarrhea. People have come up with ways to use Imodium other than as directed by the drug ... Read More
How Long Does It Take to Become Addicted to Weed?
According to a study published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2018, an estimated 43.5 million Americans aged 12 and over, or about 16 percent of the population, used marijuana in the year prior. While most people can stop using weed relatively easily, this isn't the case for ... Read More
The Dangers of Xanax Withdrawal Symptoms
Xanax is a drug used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. It can also relax a person's muscles and help them go to sleep. Unfortunately, it is also quite addictive. In Florida and many other states, Xanax is a frequently abused drug. Michael Jackson, for example, was reportedly taking around ten Xanax a night before ... Read More
Dangers of Vaping – The Shocking Number of Options That Every Parent Should Know About
The popularity of vaping is well-known. A deviation of the original electronic cigarettes, vapes are now ubiquitous— with an estimated 10.8 million Americans using electronic cigarettes of some sort, over half of them under the age of 35. Just as parents for hundreds of years have had to contend with their children ... Read More
Xanax Addiction
Xanax, which is a brand-name version of alprazolam, reduces anxiety, making it useful for treating generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder. Although Xanax is a legitimate medication, it causes certain changes in the brain that make some individuals more likely to become addicted. Once a Xanax addiction ... Read More
Drug Profile: Dexedrine
In 1929, Gordon Alles, a biochemist, was actively working on an alternative decongestant when he discovered the first known amphetamine. By 1945, amphetamine tablet sales had reached more than $2 million in revenue, with Dexedrine accounting for $650,000 in sales. It is widely believed by experts that this time period ... Read More
