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Addiction - the scientific approach
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- noror
- Feb 22, 2017
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Understanding the concepts of dependence, addiction, and substance use disorders
- aemetha
- Feb 24, 2017
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Methamphetamine Withdrawal and Detox
- NotAJediOrSith
- Aug 26, 2017
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Methamphetamine is widely regarded as the most powerful central nervous system (CNS) stimulant known to man. Not only is it extremely hazardous to...
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Understanding the concepts of dependence, addiction, and substance use disorders
- aemetha
- Feb 24, 2017
- 4 min read
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Historically many of the terms used to describe what we most commonly refer to as addiction have been used interchangeably. The American...
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Spirituality, religion and addiction
- aemetha
- Feb 23, 2017
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Before I get into this subject, I need to first clarify something. Some people draw a distinction between spirituality and religion, others see...
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Smoking Cessation Products
- alfa
- Feb 22, 2017
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Smoking Cessation Products: There are a vast array of smoking cessation products available, however, availability differs from country to country...
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Smoking Quitlines
- alfa
- Feb 22, 2017
- 2 min read
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Quitlines Quitlines are a phone support service which can help in the process of quitting nicotine addiction: Country Organization Website...
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Addiction - the scientific approach
- noror
- Feb 22, 2017
- 3 min read
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I would like to share with you with the results of a very viral survey that I found in the internet. It is no scientific study but still, I think...
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Adjunct medications and supplements.
- alfa
- Feb 22, 2017
- 8 min read
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a) Benzodiazepines. These are very often used to assist with the anxiety and sleeplessness of withdrawal. I have not seen conclusive evidence to...
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Should I drink or smoke marijuana or take other drugs when I detox?
- alfa
- Feb 22, 2017
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My own view is no; ideally not. Stimulant use is utterly contraindicated, as although it might temporarily relieve the stress and boredom, the...
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Why 5 days in the slow taper?
- alfa
- Feb 22, 2017
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Because 5 days is enough, by my reckoning, to adjust to a 5mg drop in dose. Ideally a slow taper should contain good days (i.e. the 5th day after...
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Clonidine caveat
- alfa
- Feb 22, 2017
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Although lofexidine is approved for home detox, clonidine is not. The main reason is that clonidine is a hypotensive (it lowers blood pressure)...