by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jun 5, 2019 | Chapters Blog
It is hard to put the genie back in the bottle. So too, with the opioid epidemic. Opioids used to be mostly prescribed for short-term acute pain or cancer patients. Then the big pharmaceutical companies lobbied hard for their newer, supposedly “safer” opioids to be...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 22, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Fentanyl and oxycodone are both opioid medications. Some of the other opioids include codeine, morphine, heroin, and others as well. The natural opioids are derivatives from a poppy plant. The synthetic opioids are made to have the same sort of effects as the...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 22, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Twenty years after the Columbine school shootings, the tragedy has taken another life. Austin Eubanks, 37, died of an opioid overdose last week. Eubanks was in recovery from injuries suffered in the shootings, the trauma of seeing his best friend killed, and opioid...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 17, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Adderall the brand name for the drug combination of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, a stimulant medication commonly prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is also sometimes used to treat narcolepsy. It is a Schedule II drug,...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 16, 2019 | Chapters Blog
Addictive substances are everywhere, from the ingredients in the foods and drinks we consume, to other products we use on our bodies or breathe in daily. Here is a list of some of the most common and highly addictive substances and their effects: [toc] 1. Heroin...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 15, 2019 | Chapters Blog
The cost of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for drug addiction may be going down as two generic versions of the popular Suboxone sublingual film were approved for sale in February. That’s not guaranteed in the long run. Generic drugs are drugs whose patent has...
