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Prescription drug abuse has swept through this country, causing major increases in overdoses, deaths and addictions. There are many different types of prescription drugs that people misuse. One of the...

Fentanyl is a Schedule II synthetic opioid that has extremely powerful effects on the brain and the body. Other names for this drug are Actiq, Fentora or Duragesic. This potent...

Baclofen is prescribed to people with muscle spasms. Their spasms may be caused by a spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, or another disease. The drug is typically taken orally. Patients...

Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in the United States, and one of the common prescription medications doctors recommend to patients is a sedative-hypnotic called Ambien. It can be...

One of the main reasons individuals are driven to take drugs or binge alcohol is because of stress. One of the biggest stress factors in life comes from the workplace....

Methamphetamine use has been on the rise for the past several years, and it’s becoming increasingly easy for people to get their hands on it, where they then can become...

Getting clean from drugs and alcohol means abstaining from them completely. Drug recovery programs such as Narcotics Anonymous consider the term “clean and sober” to mean staying away from any...

Benzodiazepines are a class of medications that are known as “sedatives.” Physicians prescribe them to treat anxiety disorders and insomnia. Benzodiazepines increase the neurotransmitter GABA in the brain, which is...

Zoloft is a medication that relieves people of several behaviors, but it has side effects an individual should know about before taking it. For example, those experiencing social anxiety disorder...

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