Common Signs of Fentanyl Addiction
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than morphine. While legal in the U.S., it has a very narrow range of accepted medical uses. From May 2020 to April 2021, 64% of the more than 100,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. involved synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl1. Fentanyl addiction treatment is your […]
What Is Doctor Shopping?
It may sound innocent enough and no different from the process of finding a new family doctor or a specialist to treat a particular ailment, but doctor shopping is more sinister than that. The CDC defines the term doctor shopping as “obtaining controlled substances from multiple healthcare practitioners without the prescriber’s knowledge of other prescriptions,” […]
Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse in a Loved One
Prescription drug abuse is a serious public health hazard. In 2020 alone, over 16 million Americans abused prescription medications or took them other than what they were prescribed. This could mean taking more than the prescribed amount of medication, taking medication that wasn’t prescribed to you, becoming addicted to prescription drugs, or even overdosing. Prescription […]
3 Signs Your Loved One Is a Heroin Addict
Heroin addiction is a monster. This extremely dangerous and chronic condition causes people to abandon their hopes, dreams, families, and futures. Heroin use causes health, relationship, and socio-economic problems in many communities worldwide. Heroin use changes the way the brain functions and causes people to feel dependent on its effects. To help a loved one […]
Common Signs of Heroin Use
It is no secret that our nation is facing an extremely alarming opioid epidemic. It is televised nationally and accounts for 150 people falling victim to opioid-related overdose per day, or 70% of all the deaths recorded in 2019. The CDC has taken a call to arms by collaborating with public health officials by providing […]