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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011There are many different theories and explanations that illuminate why people develop drinking problems. Some of these theories focus on the features and characteristics of the individual who develops the illness, while others concentrate on the environmental or outside influences that lead to alcoholism. Much of the research in this field, however, examines issues of [...]
Barbiturate Drug Interactions in Pregnant Women
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011The way barbiturates work is not entirely understood yet. Doctors believe that barbiturates activate what are called “GABA” receptors in the brain. GABA receptors work in the brain by telling different body functions to slow down when activated. Barbiturates activate these GABA receptors, producing the side effects of sedation. Barbiturate use essentially tells different brain [...]
Binge Drinking
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Binge drinking is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as a pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration to .08 grams percent or about. This normally happens when men consume 5 or more drinks and when women consume 4 or more drinks in about 2 hours. According to [...]
Cough Syrup Abuse
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Cough syrup abuse typically involves taking codeine-promethazine hydrochloride cough syrup and mixing it with soda, alcohol, or candy in a concoction known as ‘syzurp’, ‘syrup’, or ‘purple stuff’. The ingredients in this concoction make it very easy to develop an addiction. Experts are worried about the danger of this syrup being such a highly trendy [...]
Signs and Symptoms of Heroin Addiction
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Heroin has had quite a history in the United States. Heroin was originally developed as an alternative for another drug addiction, morphine abuse, which was quite rampant in the late 1800’s. Heroin was created as a non-addictive morphine substitute by Bayer that was sold over the counter legally. In the early nineties waif like models, [...]
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