A scientific study conducted at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine found specific impairments in networks of the brain’s neurons that researchers tied to drug addiction behaviors. The study, published in the scientific journal Neuron, reviews over 100 studies of various neuroimaging to compare the results to a previous ... Read More
Children’s Addiction Treatment Nonprofit Helps Fund Rehab Program
Losing a relative to drugs is a hard thing, and it’s even harder when the relative is one’s own child. But instead of falling into despair, Brian and Lea Apostolakis funded Fighting for Alyssa (FFA), which raises money on behalf of the memory of their 21-year-old daughter, who wanted to become a drug abuse counselor. ... Read More
FDA Looks To Future Addiction Risks in the Post-Opioid Crisis World
The Food and Drug Administration has not had the easiest job in the last two or so years, but it would appear that the agency is still willing to take on new challenges. Officials in the FDA published a letter in The New England Journal of Medicine, warning of the dangers of non-opioid painkillers once opioid abuse is ... Read More
Are OxyContin and Percocet the Same Thing?
There is a lot of misconceptions when it comes to drugs, especially when it comes to opioids. Even though America is in quite a busy state trying to fight off its large number of opioid addictions, there really isn’t a lot known by the general public about opioids, except that they’re addictive painkillers. This leads ... Read More
Side Effects Experienced with Vicodin
Analgesic opioids — known commercially as Vicodin and Norco, among others — are a fairly common prescription. Vicodin is available as oral tablets or solutions that contain between 5 and 10 mg of hydrocodone and between 300 and 325 mg of acetaminophen (paracetamol), optimized for temporary pain relief. These drugs ... Read More
Opioid Epidemic Fills Ohio Morgues
Opioid Epidemic Fills Ohio MorguesIn 2005, when the abuse of painkillers was hidden but growing, the United States’ opioid epidemic was in its early stages. Now, the epidemic has hit the nation—particularly Ohio—so severely that the White House’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released a ... Read More