According to SAMHSA, in 2016, 28.6 million people aged 12 or older used an illicit drug in the past 30 days, which corresponds to about 1 in 10 Americans overall (10.6%) but ranges as high as 1 in 4 for young adults aged 18 to 25. An estimated 11.8 million people misused opioids in the past year, including 11.5 million pain reliever misusers and 948,000 heroin users. Additional information is ...
Opiate Abuse: Overcoming the Shame – San Antonio, TX
Vicodin, OxyContin®, codeine and other prescription opioids are highly addictive and may lead to opiate abuse. When you have surgery, or need the help of a painkiller, opiate abuse may be the last thing on your mind. Once you realize that your body needs the opioid to function normally, you may feel embarrassed to admit the dependency to anyone, even your family. Whether you live in San Antonio, ...
Opiate Withdrawal Symptoms: What to Expect – Fairfield, CA
Opiate withdrawal symptoms are not something that you want to have to deal with. But when you’re faced with a moment, a day, a week, when life is coming unglued because of your addiction, you start to wonder if you can handle opiate withdrawal to get to the other side. You may know someone in Fairfield or nearby who died of an overdose. Unfortunately, opioids kill people every day. These are ...
The Most Addictive Opiate Drugs
What do you think are the most addictive opiate drugs? Before anything else, we all think of heroin. Well, okay—that may be a given. But what about addictive opiate drugs that you can obtain as a prescription? Take a look at this list and see if you can identify the common denominator among them. What Are the Top 3 Most Addictive Opiate Drugs? Codeine. Before we all heard about hydrocodone and ...
CDC Guidelines to Avoid Prescription Opiate Addiction
In the light of the buprenorphine treatment that’s often necessary in order to combat prescription opiate addiction, it’s interesting to note two informational pieces published in March 2016 regarding such medications. First, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a study noting that opiate prescriptions issued have increased in recent years for patients who undergo ...
Drug Rehab in California: You Own It
If you’re involved in seeking drug rehab in California, it’s your responsibility to choose a place that follows best practices and develop a trusting relationship with the rehab staff. There’s a bizarre story that has just wrapped up in the news about a man who sought treatment and died. Whether you are seeking inpatient or outpatient treatment, his story drives home the point that you own ...
