by Valiant | Aug 8, 2016 | Addiction treatment, mental illness and disorders, teen drug use
. The study involved a collaboration between researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and the Federal University of Sao Paulo. The researchers determined that the respondents who had clinically significant scores when taking a...
by Valiant | Aug 5, 2016 | Addiction treatment, Drug abuse, heroin use
Remifentanil is one of the fentanyl analogs which has been approved for use in human patients, and this drug is marketed under the brand name Ultiva by Abbott and GlaxoSmithKline. This is a synthetic opioid drug which is short acting but very potent, and it is used...
by Valiant | Jul 22, 2016 | Addiction treatment, Drug abuse, medical studies, Prescription drug abuse
Opioid abuse is on the rise across North America, and recent research shows that common surgical procedures include a standard practice of opioid prescribing. First time opioid exposure after one of these procedures could make some patients more vulnerable to opioid...
by Valiant | Jul 8, 2016 | Addiction treatment, Alcohol abuse, medical studies
Center for Addiction and Mental Health researchers performed a Canadian study that shows 428 different medical conditions and diseases that can be co-occurring in individuals who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. The study results were recently published in the...
by Valiant | Jul 4, 2016 | Addiction treatment, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse
July 4th is Independence Day in the USA, a holiday that celebrates the hard won freedoms that Americans enjoy today, but it could be independence day for anyone who has a substance abuse problem as well. Don’t let drugs or alcohol make you dependent and ruin...
by Valiant | Jul 1, 2016 | Addiction treatment, Drug abuse
The problem is that some studies have data and results which conflict with other studies. The latest study in the U.K shows that using e-cigarettes does play a vital role in reducing the risk of smoking among younger people, while a recent study in America found that...
