If the word Narcan sounds familiar, it's been in the news lately for saving pop star Demi Lovato's life after an overdose. It's a sort of antidote to opioid overdose. Like an epipen, it can be used to quickly administer medicine to an overdosing person. "Narcan isn’t a solution to addiction by any means," said an ... Read More
Addiction News
We believe strongly in the use of emerging technology to treat addictions and disorders. In our addiction news section we cover breaking addiction and mental health related news. This includes national drug crime news to identify trends as well as measures being taken by local governments to affect change in their area. By recognizing success and failures across the country we believe that we can keep the community informed on the most important behavioral health news.
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Going to a New Doctor
As we make the choice every day to chose a sober lifestyle, as opposed to the life wrecked by drug and alcohol addiction, we experience different times each day that we could turn back and take away a little bit of our hard won progress. Steps we have taken to distance ourselves more from our destructive drug abuse or ... Read More
Opioid Use In Veterans
When a soldier comes back to war he or she may come back with a wound or health problem that causes them pain, perhaps even the kind of chronic pain that must be attended to. When the veteran seeks medical assistance they will likely be treated at the VA. Criticism of the VA The VA at its high level has often ... Read More
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
You’ve probably heard of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. But Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is only one in a handful of disorders caused by alcohol exposure during pregnancy. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders is a term for a number of conditions caused by the effects of a fetus’s exposure to alcohol while in utero. The National ... Read More
Demi Lovato’s Journey Through and Back Into Drug Addiction
Demi Lovato has made her struggle with addiction a matter of public knowledge. She even made a Youtube documentary about the subject called, Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated where she lets her fans in to her personal world of struggling for years with drug and alcohol addiction. Teen Drug and Alcohol ... Read More
Celebrities are at High Risk for Overdose
It is a pretty well known fact that a lot of celebrities die from overdosing or due to addiction related health problems. You’re at a higher risk for drug problems just by being a famous person. Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and Jim Morrison, all legends and all of them died too young due to an overdose. In the last ... Read More
An Implant to Fight Opioid Addiction
In May of 2016, the FDA announced an exciting new technology to fight opioid addiction. It sounds like science fiction, but doctors have developed an implant to deliver low-level measured doses of a drug used to wean a person off dependence on opioids. Who It's For This implant is called Probuphine. It is used in ... Read More
UK Doctors Warn of Dangers of Online Prescription Fulfillment Sites
Dr. Owen Bowden-Jones opened a free clinic in London in order to reach teens addicted to Xanax and other prescriptions, but he was surprised to see the level of adult interest in freeing themselves from a particular kind of addictive drug abuse. Turns out that while teens tend to use Xanax and other prescriptives for ... Read More