Drug Rehab Articles
A Drug to End Drug Addiction
What if science made a pill to protect us from addiction — keeping us from smoking cigarettes, getting fat or abusing drugs and alcohol? According to encouraging results from several lines of study, it seems that day may be closer than we thought. Researchers in labs around the world are now developing vaccines (not a pill, but an injection) to inoculate people against dangerously addictive substances such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. Read More...
Warning - Beware of Mixing Alcohol With Medications
The danger is real. Mixing alcohol with certain medications can cause nausea and vomiting, headaches, drowsiness, fainting, or loss of coordination. It also can put you at risk for internal bleeding, heart problems, and difficulties in breathing. In addition to these dangers, alcohol can make a medication less effective or even useless, or it may make the medication harmful or toxic to your body. Read More...
Route of Administration
The more rewarding a drug is to the brain, the more likely that the user’s brain will want to repeat the experience. How quickly the drug reaches the brain plays a major role in producing the initial rush or euphoria and in determining how rewarding the brain finds it. The more slowly a drug enters the brain, the less intense the initial euphoria. And the quicker the initial euphoria, the more rewarding it is, and the more the brain wants to repeat the experience. Read More...
Unity Rehab Helps Addicts Keep Their Substance-Free Resolutions Through Continuing Care
As a component of their newly offered Continuing Care program, Unity Rehab provides updated tips to recovering addicts to help prevent relapse. In the wake of recent news about celebrities such as Tiger Woods being admitted for treatment to sex addiction, Unity Rehab has released tips for recovering addicts to help prevent addiction relapse. Read More...
Drug Rehab Can Get Things Back On Track And Reunite A Family
If you or someone you love uses drugs you have probably considered the option of seeking help at a residential drug rehab facility. The reality is that this is the only way to insure a journey back to health and recovery. But sadly, many drug dependent individuals continue using until they hit what they consider to be rock bottom before they will seek or accept help. Very often it is parents or other loved ones that insist on and make arrangements for care at Unity Recovery Center, the top Florida drug rehab treatment. Read More...