Updated September 12, 2023 What does overdose mean, exactly? Learn possible outcomes from drug overdose, including heart attack, and find out if you can die from overdosing. What does an overdose mean, and can you die from overdosing? An overdose isn't always fatal, but even nonlethal overdoses can lead to ... Read More
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Codeine: A Drug Profile
When experts and resources within the addiction treatment community talk about opiate addiction, a few culprits come to mind: fentanyl, heroin, and prescription opioid painkillers. An opiate that is rarely mentioned as a threat to the public health as much as its peers is one that we don't typically consider to be in ... Read More
How Much Space Should I Give a Family Remember in Rehab?
Living with a family member who suffers from addiction can be deeply troubling. It's very challenging to watch someone fall into a seemingly bottomless spiral and refuse help, particularly if consequences to jobs, financial stability or relationships start to develop. You may beg, plead or bargain, but when addiction ... Read More
A Brief Guide to Drug & Alcohol Interactions
Often when we talk about abusing drugs, we discuss the drug itself: the effects of taking it, the potential for addiction, and the physical danger that comes about over a long period of abuse, whether addiction sets in or not. We talk less often about mixing drugs with other addictive substances. Sure, there are ... Read More
Binge Drinking for Escape or Enjoyment: Different Kinds of Risk
Of all the substance abuse problems we treat at FHE Health, alcoholism may be the most complicated for patients to navigate. Why is this? Most likely, it's because with other abuse disorders, the user tends to know what they're doing is wrong. Merely using many other drugs is illegal, and in the case of legal drugs ... Read More
Withdrawal Timelines
Substance Abuse Withdrawal Timelines As all long-term drug users know, attempting to quit substance use leads to a horrible set of circumstances that makes cessation almost impossible: withdrawal. The body's reaction to stopping use of a substance on which it has become reliant leads to withdrawal, a deep discomfort, ... Read More
Drug Profile: Klonopin
It’s understandable that conversations about prescription drugs turn quickly into discussions about highly addictive opioid pain relievers like OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin and other drugs whose usage numbers have skyrocketed in the past decade. When this occurs, though, we’re overlooking another very dangerous trend ... Read More
Remembering Celebrity Losses to Addiction & Mental Health Issues in 2018
If you feel like 2018 has been a difficult year in terms of celebrity deaths, you're right. While many well-known actors, singers and personalities have passed as a result of natural causes, drug abuse, depression and anxiety have also played a role in these losses. There have been a number of high-profile celebrity ... Read More