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Recreational use of cocaine is illegal because it is dangerous and can lead to severe health consequences, including stroke, heart attack, and overdose. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 24,000 people died from cocaine overdose in 2021. Cocaine addiction can be devastating for the person who uses cocaine, severely […]

Because it builds dependence, you can also become tolerant of the substance’s effect. The danger here is that you may need to take higher doses more frequently through other administration routes (like injecting) to get high. This, in turn, can raise the risk of serious health complications and an overdose. Yet, as more time passes […]

Alcohol use disorder is a pattern of alcohol use that involves problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol or continuing to use alcohol even when it causes problems. This disorder also involves having to drink more to get the same effect or having withdrawal symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking. Alcohol use […]

For example, instead of lowering the dose from, say, 4 mg to 3 mg, a healthcare provider may prescribe 4 mg one day and 3 mg the next day, alternating back and forth for one week. Contact your healthcare provider if you have any symptoms, and they may adjust your prednisone taper. That is, prednisone […]

Magnesium sulfate works effectively when taken by mouth as a laxative. It works by taking water from the rest of your body and bringing it into your digestive tract. Rather, they can be dissolved in the bath or applied to the skin. If unscented, they can also be dissolved in drinking water. About Medical News […]

These withdrawal symptoms can be very severe, proving to be major obstacles for individuals attempting to overcome drug use. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that every day in the United States, more than 46 people die from an overdose involving a prescription painkiller. A potentially fatal overdose is one of […]

Before you do anything, it’s important to know whether your friend or loved one has an alcohol addiction. Alcohol use disorder, or alcoholism, is more than just drinking too much from time to time. Sometimes alcohol as coping mechanism or social habit may look like alcoholism, but it’s not the same. People with alcohol use […]

Still, they’re pretty common, especially if you drink regularly or your alcohol use falls into the “heavy drinking” category (binge drinking 5 or more days in the last month). After taking the naltrexone pill, he didn’t get the buzz he was used to getting, so didn’t want to keep drinking. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a […]

If no takeback program is available in your area, ask your pharmacist for help. These short-term effects usually resolve once the opioid medication is out of the system and are not cause for alarm. This article explores the short-term effects of taking opioids and the overall risks of opioids in general. If you have had […]

On important factor with respect to long term use is whether tolerance is a major complicating factor. The literature suggests heavy use of BZDs in many countries, although the pattern varies greatly 29. Because different methods were used in the various usage studies, the data are too heterogeneous to sustain a meta-analysis. The prevalence figures […]