Many within the rehab community are concerned with the notion that opioid withdrawal symptoms are controlled with the use of additional opioids. The practice can work well to keep people from suffering some of the worst of those symptoms, but it is coming under criticism from a number of people within the community. ... Read More
Learning Center
FHE Health is dedicated to educating the American public—especially individuals, families, and communities—about mental health and substance abuse topics. In our Learning Center, you'll find articles on alcoholism, substance abuse, behavioral and mental health, and other treatment-related issues. Our articles are written both for the person in need of treatment as well as loved ones seeking more information. We also provide information for those who have gone through treatment and are building a new life in recovery.
Debating the Use of Opioids for Opioid Addiction Treatment
Xanax with Opioids Makes for a Deadly Combination
If you or someone you know is addicted to or abusing both Xanax (or any other benzodiazepine) and a narcotic opioid painkiller (like oxycodone, methadone, Tramadol, and others), you can pretty much forget about having to suffer through opioid or Xanax withdrawal symptoms That’s because taking those two types of drugs ... Read More
Florida Man Feeds Child Xanax To Make Him “Chill” After Sugar High
Although nearly any story we share that has to do with Xanax withdrawal symptoms or Xanax detox is already almost guaranteed to not be an exciting or happy story, an incident out of Orange City that involves a man forcing a 10-year-old kid to take the addictive substance. What’s even more telling about this person is ... Read More
How Heroin Withdrawal Affects Users
Heroin is a particularly addictive drug, and quitting it is possible though not easy. Throughout Florida and the rest of United States many addicted people are looking for help and the good news is that this help is available. Though some people choose to quit cold turkey and on their own, the safest way is to work ... Read More
Opioid Addiction And How It Changes The Brain
During a Senate hearing earlier in the year, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander managed to get to the heart of a complicated question: Why are we prescribing mostly opioids to fix opioid addiction? The answer Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and Walter Koroshetz, director of the National ... Read More
Help! I Think I’m Addicted to Xanax!
Xanax has been shown to be an effective drug for the treatment of panic attacks, anxiety, depression, chemotherapy-related nausea and many other ailments. Although the vast majority of people who use it for medical reasons do not become addicted, there are still people who do. If you think you're addicted, you ... Read More
New Therapy To Treat Chemical Imbalances In Recovering Addicts
A new study centered on rats who were addicted to cocaine has revealed promising results when those who were given the therapeutic for serotonin 2C receptors became much less likely to pull the level for more cocaine even when related stimuli were issued. If the results prove to be the same in humans these would help ... Read More
From AA To Parenthood
The overwhelming nature of recovering from addiction is often likely to cloud one’s vision from the potential of being a parent. Christopher Dale recounts lessons he’s learned from AA and being a sponsor for other recovering alcoholics and how these lessons translate for how he plans to raise his own child to be a ... Read More
