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What Are Z-Drugs And Are They Addictive?

Everyone has trouble sleeping now and again. It may happen due to stress or other trauma you have encountered. Or it may because of nerves...

Does CBD Help With Benzodiazepine Detox?

Benzodiazepines are very powerful central nervous system depressants that are used to treat disorders such as seizures, anxiety, panic disorders, alcohol withdrawal, and are also...

What Are the Side Effects of the Sublocade Shot?

Sublocade is a monthly buprenorphine injection, used for the treatment of opioid addiction. Those who are familiar with opioid abuse and dependency often know about...

What is the Success Rate for the Vivitrol Shot?

Vivitrol, also known as naltrexone, is a medication that blocks the effects of opioids and is used as a part of treatment for drug or...

Do Benzodiazepines Get You High?

Benzodiazepines are potent prescription tranquilizers, most used to treat anxiety-related disorders, sleep disorders, seizures, and symptoms associated with alcohol withdrawal. When used as prescribed by...

What Does 13th Stepping Mean?

Many people who have turned their lives over from addiction have the 12 Step programs to thank in finding a meaningful life in recovery. Not...

How to Find a Power Greater Than Ourselves

When you first enter the rooms of AA or NA you will hear a lot of talk about “God” and “Higher Power. This can be...

Does Kratom Show Up on a Drug Test?

A lot of people believe Kratom is a useful herbal drug supplement that’s relatively harmless when compared to other drugs. This popular yet incorrect belief...

Getting Off Diazepam Safely Without Withdrawal

Diazepam is a prescription medication used to treat anxiety disorders. It is the generic name for the brand name drug Valium, which is a benzodiazepine...

Can You Get High on Propofol?

Propofol is general anesthesia that is used in surgeries. This drug’s other legal use is for lethal injections during executions. It puts people into a...

Abscesses from Intravenous Drug Abuse

Intravenous administration of drugs is the riskiest way to use drugs. When you street drugs, the majority of the risk is related to the needle....

Does Xanax Help With Insomnia?

Xanax, or Alprazolam, is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. It acts on the brain and the central nervous system to produce...

Why is Bromazepam Not Prescribed in the United States?

Bromazepam is an intermediate-acting tranquilizer that is generally prescribed to treat things like panic and anxiety disorders, as well as insomnia. When taken in smaller...

Can You Get Seizures From Abusing Tramadol?

We have prescribed pills for almost everything today. For mental ailments such as stress or anxiety, we just go to the doctor for Xanax or...

What Does Being Powerless Over Drugs Feel Like?

When anyone is amid drug addiction, feeling powerless is one of the hardest things to come to terms with. It is hard to admit to...

Dihydrocodeine Addiction: Signs and Symptoms

Many people have heard of codeine, a potent opioid painkiller that is generally used to treat moderate or severe pain in hospital settings (oftentimes during...

Differences Between Swallowing and Snorting Drugs

There are many different ways to abuse drugs, whether they are illegal and illicit drugs or prescription drugs. Most can be ingested in many ways...

Does Neurontin Cause Euphoria?

Throughout the years, doctors have been coming up with drugs to treat many illnesses from the common headache to seizures to anxiety and many more....