The 11 Strongest Narcotics and Their Effects

The 11 Strongest Narcotics and Their Effects

The Strongest Narcotics and How They Affect You In the past few years, the media has dominated headlines with the opioid epidemic sweeping the country. It’s estimated that approximately 40 people die each day from an opioid-related overdose. When most people think...
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04/07 2021
List of Commonly Abused Opiates

List of Commonly Abused Opiates

The Top Abused Opiate and Narcotic Drugs When most people think about opiate abuse, they automatically think of the illicit street drug heroin. Yet, many people right across the country have become addicted to opiate prescription painkiller medications. If they’re used precisely...
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04/02 2021
How People Become Addicted to Opioids

How People Become Addicted to Opioids

Understanding How Opioid Addiction Occurs Knowing how opioid addiction occurs remains vitally important, whether you are taking these powerful drugs yourself or managing a friend or family member’s medication. These drugs can be life changers when used appropriately, but opioid pain medications...
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03/30 2021
What Happens in a Medical Detox for Opiate Drugs?

What Happens in a Medical Detox for Opiate Drugs?

What to Expect in Medical Detox for Opioid Addiction Opioids, classified as schedule II narcotics, are a highly addictive and habit-forming controlled substance often prescribed to patients struggling with mild, moderate, or severe pain. The non-synthetic narcotic is derived from the poppy...
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03/29 2021
Safe and Natural Opioid Alternatives For Pain Management

Safe and Natural Opioid Alternatives For Pain Management

Managing Pain Without Opioids for People in Recovery Whether you’re in recovery from opioid addiction or another type of substance use disorder to manage pain, it’s vital to find opioid alternatives for pain treatment. Perhaps you’re now living a happy, substance-free life,...
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03/23 2021
Benefits of Medical Detox for Opioid Addiction

Benefits of Medical Detox for Opioid Addiction

Why Medical Detox Is the Most Effective Way to Quit Opioids No one sets out to become an opioid addict, but addiction is all too common with this powerful class of street drugs and prescription medications. If you find yourself dependent on...
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03/22 2021
List of Opioid Drugs From Strongest to Weakest

List of Opioid Drugs From Strongest to Weakest

Dangerous Opioid Drugs Ranked By Strength It is easy to think of opioid drugs as a single problem, and many people outside the field of addiction science do just that. Even if someone you care about has been abusing prescription opioid medications,...
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03/17 2021
Fentanyl Patch Side Effects

Fentanyl Patch Side Effects

Negative Consequences of Using Fentanyl Patches Fentanyl is one of the most powerful painkillers known to medical science, and it’s often used to treat the most severe forms of pain. If you are recovering from a major operation, undergoing treatment for an...
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03/17 2021
“Lean” and the Risks of Codeine Abuse

“Lean” and the Risks of Codeine Abuse

Understanding the Dangers of “Lean” and Other Forms of Codeine  Lean is one of the street names for a legal and highly addictive cocktail that’s made from codeine cough syrup.  The name Lean comes from the sedative effects of the drug which...
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03/16 2021