by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jan 10, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Vivitrol For Alcohol & Opioid Addiction: About & Side Effects How Vivitrol Works It’s important to understand how the main medications for addiction work. There are two types; Agonists and Antagonists. Agonists are medications that contain trace elements of...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jan 9, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Flakka has been in the news since 2014 when reports of a new form of bath salts that give extreme highs started going around. Flakka is also known as zombie drug, due to the hallucinations and the altered state of mind that is characteristic of the drug. So, What is...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jan 9, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Should clients in substance use disorder rehabs for heroin or other opiate/opioid addiction be allowed to use methamphetamine or cocaine? Of course not, they are illegal, highly addictive, and detrimental to their health. How about marijuana? That’s absurd. Not only...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jan 8, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Dilantin was developed at the turn of the 20th century as an anticonvulsant medication. It’s an effective drug to prevent seizures, especially the types that affect the whole brain (also called tonic-clonic). But it’s also effective to treat partial seizures....
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jan 7, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Promethazine is used in medical applications for sedation, as a sleeping pill and for treating allergic reactions. It is an antihistamine, which can treat nausea and vomiting as well as motion sickness. It is given to patients before and after surgery to make them...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jan 4, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Keppra (levetiracetam) is a type of anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. This medication comes in both extended release and immediate release forms. The main reason a doctor would prescribe Keppra is for treating seizures in children and adults. The are various forms...
