Chronic Pain Treatment For People Addicted To Painkillers Many people today suffer from severe pain, meaning they are experiencing pain on a regular basis. Some suffer daily, while others may have different conditions, such as nerve pain, that flare up depending on the person's stress level. For those suffering from chronic pain, it can be very difficult to find an effective treatment, and this only gets harder if the patient happens to have history of addiction to opioid [...] — Addiction Recovery, Chronic Pain, Fentanyl Addiction, Opioid Addiction, Pain Management, Prescription Drug Addiction, Prescription Drugs, Rehab and Recovery Read More

When One Is Not Enough: The Menace Of Doctor Shopping When people mention shopping addicts or shopaholics, they usually refer to those who compulsively buy products or services, never doctors. But there is such a thing as ‘doctor shopping’. Sadly, there is not yet any equivalent addiction treatment program, like Shopaholics Anonymous, for this type of addictive behavior. What is doctor shopping? Also known as ‘double doctoring’, this phenomenon of many themes is the practice of seeing multiple treatment providers [...] — Addiction Problem, Drug Abuse & Drug Addiction, Opioid Addiction, Prescription Drug Addiction, Prescription Drugs Read More

How Household Products Can Become Abused Substances Overview Society’s understanding of addiction implies a reliance on alcohol, or drugs like marijuana, heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine, or Ecstasy. A quick look around any home, however, will reveal a host of everyday household items that have the same potential for abuse as drugs and alcohol. Ingesting everyday items such as glue, aerosol cleaning fluids, whipped cream, moth balls, nutmeg, bath salts, hand sanitizer and over the counter medications, like [...] — Addiction Problem, Drug Abuse & Drug Addiction, Inhalants, OTC Medication, Over-The-Counter Medication, Prescription Drugs, Substance Abuse Read More