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, ...
Medication-Assisted Treatment Prevents Overdose – Greensburg, PA
In Westmoreland County, overdose from both prescription and illegal drugs is the leading cause of death among accidents and suicides. And this is true since 2008.1 The need for medication-assisted treatment is urgent to save lives. Medication-assisted treatment is highly successful because addicts can bypass the worst part of withdrawal. The body transitions off of the illegal drugs to methadone, ...
Questions About Hydrocodone Addiction Treatment
What Is the Most Commonly Abused Opiate? Heroin takes the number one spot. But people seek hydrocodone addiction treatment more often than treatment for any other opiate. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Vicodin is the pain pill most commonly prescribed by doctors and dentists, and so people think it’s safe. According to a study that NIDA published in December 2014, ...
Cost of Heroin in Fresno: Police Deputy’s Honor
Who can accurately say what the cost of heroin in Fresno is? For Fresno deputy police chief Keith Foster, arrested in March 2015 for distribution and possession of drugs, the cost of heroin is his freedom, the respect of his peers and the community, and ultimately, if he is proven guilty, it will cost him his career. Foster and four others were arrested after an investigation conducted by a field ...
Heroin: Be More Than a Demographic
Why does the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) tell us that opiate addiction is now an epidemic, the number one cause of injury death in America today? Use of pain pills and heroin remained stable throughout the Sixties and Seventies, but it quadrupled dramatically in the nineties and doubled again over the last decade. Officials have linked recent heroin deaths in Georgia to a more powerful ...
