Addiction Recovery Blog
Does Zoloft Make a Person High?
There has been an argument on whether or not Zoloft gives a high feeling to someone using it beyond the prescribed dose. While some might have claimed of having such experience after taking it regularly and at an increased amount, there have been no clinical studies...
Stop Demonizing Methadone MMT
Methadone may be the most reviled medicine in the world. Not only is this opinion unfair, but it’s also dangerous for the lives of opioid addicts who may die from overdoses of heroin or fentanyl when they are no longer able to get prescriptions of oxycodone or other...
Benadryl and Alcohol: Can this combination become deadly?
Benadryl is a well-known medicine used for curing symptoms of allergy, however, if you mix Benadryl and alcohol, the effects could be lethal. [toc] What is Benadryl? Benadryl is the leading brand for the antihistamine known as diphenhydramine. This specific drug...
Substance Use Disorder Treatment at Least as Important as Prevention, Curbing Supply
The US House of Representatives and the Senate have each now passed bipartisan bills to fight the opioid epidemic and overdose (OD) death crisis. The two bills now have to be reconciled in conference, but the President is expected to sign the resulting bill. Action is...
Beverages with a Marijuana-Derivative Coming from Coca-Cola?
You may have heard that Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine. It’s true, but not very much. According to one source, at its peak, there were only about 17 grams of cocaine in 25 million gallons of Coca-Cola syrup, about a year’s supply, which “wasn’t enough to give a fly...
Should You Mix Alcohol and Ibuprofen?
Can You Take Ibuprofen With Alcohol? People are so used to self-medicating that it is easy for anyone to pick an over-the-counter (OTC) medicine. Among the medicine most commonly purchased OTC is ibuprofen. If you look at the prescription though, this is one medicine...
What You Should Know About Drugs and Dilated Pupils
Eyes are said to be the windows to a person’s soul. It shows a person’s emotions and thoughts when a person reacts to different things. In 2012, an article appeared in the Scientific American where a doctor shared his view on pupil dilation as an effect of processing...
Should I Worry About Taking Fioricet? Can Fioricet Get Me High?
In February of 2018, a pharmacy technician in North Carolina was arrested for allegedly stealing some pills from the store. The pharmacist of the store found there was a shortage in their supply of three drugs including phentermine, alprazolam, and Fioricet....
Mac Miller’s Depression and Substance Use Disorder May Have Been a Dual Diagnosis
Rapper Mac Miller — who was open about his substance use disorder in his music and interviews — died Sept. 7. As of this writing (Sept. 10), the toxicology reports had not been released yet, but no “apparent” cause of death, drug-related or...
Baclofen: Side Effects and Potential Cure to Alcoholism
With alcoholism affecting the lives of many and has impacted a number of families, effective treatment for it would be a big thing. Drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation centers can be found anywhere. These could be run by private companies or could be...