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- Keri George
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...
- Resources
- Keri George
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,...
- Recovery Journey
- Keri George
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...
- Resources
- Keri George
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...
- Blog, Resources
- Keri George
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...
- Resources
- Keri George
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,...
- Alcohol, Marijuana, Recovery Journey
- Keri George
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...
- Benzodiazepines, Recovery Journey
- Keri George
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...
- Recovery Journey
- Keri George
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,...