Drug Addiction

But if you choose to use meth, there are steps you can take to make your experience safer. Some people who use meth see or hear things that aren’t there. This can cause you to think scary things that aren’t true. The odds of this happening to you are higher if you go on a […]

13% use it for muscle spasms and 6.3% for severe nausea [18]. 4.4 million registered patients used medical marijuana in the U.S. in 2021. By the end of 2022, this will go up to an estimated 4.7 million [20]. 74%, 248 million, or nearly three-quarters of the United States 332.4 million population, now have access […]

Pregabalin is a widely prescribed medication for various medical conditions, including neuropathic pain and anxiety disorders. Recently, several studies have shown an increase in the recreational use of pregabalin, particularly among vulnerable populations, such as the migrant population. Lyrica Pregabalin may interact with other medications, which can affect its effectiveness or increase the risk of […]

5S stereoisomers of lysergamides do not exist in nature and are not formed during the synthesis from d-lysergic acid. Some people may enjoy the effects they get from partaking in both, but your chances of a bad trip and rough comedown with nausea and vomiting are higher when you mix the two. The user may […]

Doses in this range are generally not considered “too much,” although they can still create unpleasant experiences. Most people characterize bad trips as having unpleasant effects, like paranoia, frightening imagery, sweating, psychosis, anxiety, and depression. Taking too much LSD is more likely to cause a bad trip, but plenty of people have bad trips at […]

Both the adult and the adolescent groups had higher functional connectivity between the left and right precuneus (Hung et al., 2020a). Lin et al. used resting state fMRI to compare a group of chronic ketamine users, many of which also used other drugs like cannabis or cocaine, to healthy controls (Liu et al., 2016). They […]

There are treatments for cocaine use disorder (cocaine addiction), but people often relapse and use it again. Using it increases your risk of serious and sometimes life-threatening medical conditions like heart attack, stroke and drug overdose. Cocaine use disorder (addiction) can affect your personal relationships. Cognitive behavioral therapy may help people recover from cocaine use […]

Unfortunately, there are no standard medical treatments for these disorders. However, drug treatment with anti-seizure medications—specifically lamotrigine and clonazepam—may provide lasting relief. When tolerance happens, you need more of the drug to achieve the same effect. LSD can produce a range of short-term psychedelic and physical effects, but guessing which ones you’ll experience is a […]

Understanding the role genes play in addiction leads to better, more specific treatments. Sometimes a potential addiction-related gene is discovered in people, like in the example above. Other genes are discovered first in an animal model and confirmed later in people. The detection of locus-to-locus or locus-to-phenotype genetic linkage. Twin studies can to some extent […]

“A wide range of CBD dosages has been tested in clinical studies, but more evidence is needed before safe and effective dose recommendations can be made for specific uses. When you ingest CBD, it interacts with a system of enzymes known as Cytochrome p450 (CYP450). These enzymes are responsible for the metabolism of drugs from […]