Can writing yourself a drinking contract keep you under control? Is moderation management a feasible option for people with alcohol abuse problems? Can you really learn to control your drinking? Well maybe - or at least, some people seem able...
How many drinking game shots would it take to kill you? Find out using this chart of weight and gender and blood alcohol content (BAC).
Blackouts - Not sure what happened last night? Alcohol can cause memory loss. Learn how and why this happens.
Nausea and vomiting sometimes accompany methadone usage as a side effect, and even if methadone does not cause you any queasiness – we all get sick sometimes, and we all sometimes suffer the effects of food poisoning. If you are on methadone for...
Drinker's nose – is a purplish, cratered, enlarged and sometimes cauliflower-like nose that occurs as a result of decades of heavy drinking. That's the story anyway, and when we see someone with this an enlarged red and cratered nose, we...
Does methadone cause tooth decay or tooth pain? Does Suboxone cause the same types of dental problems? Methadone is a very effective medication for the treatment of opiate addiction. There are a number of harmful myths surrounding the use of...
Find out what you have to do to get your methadone take home doses as soon as possible. Know the federal time-in-treatment minimums, when you should have take-home doses, and how many you should be getting.
Excessive sweating is a very common side effect of methadone treatment. Here are 11 methods for reducing the perspiration, and for living more comfortably with the sweat you do have.
Methadone can cause some pretty horrific constipation, and while it's no one's favorite topic of conversation, chronic methadone constipation is no joke, can be a serious health condition, and is really really not fun. Here are some collected tips...
How long do you have to wait after taking heroin, methadone, oxycontin, vicodin etc. before taking a dose of Suboxone? Information on avoiding precipitated withdrawal and a timeline guides.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/apesara/2187436606/ Hundreds of college students will die this year from alcohol poisoning - A tragic statistic of completely preventable deaths. These hundreds will leave behind many thousands more, roommates,...
They don't call it a beer belly for no reason – and when you take a look at the carb contents of some of your favorite brews – you may think twice about grabbing that 6 pack at the supermarket. We all know that drinking alcohol will pack on...
Does Suboxone influence your sex drive or ability to get and maintain an erection? Which medication, buprenorphine or methadone has greater sexual side effects? The long term use of most opiates will have a negative effect on libido, and in some...
Is Suboxone safe for use during pregnancy? Will Suboxone cause NAS (infant withdrawal symptoms)? Is Suboxone better than methadone for use during pregnancy? If you are pregnant and addicted to opiates, you have 3 choices: Keep abusing your...
Why does Suboxone cause withdrawal? What circumstances cause these withdrawal pains and what are the symptoms of a buprenorphine withdrawal? Why Does Suboxone Produce Opiate Type Withdrawal Symptoms? Suboxone contains buprenorphine, and...
If you are addicted to opiates, do you need to take buprenorphine, Suboxone or Subutex – and what's the difference between these anyway? Buprenorphine is an opiate, actually it's a partial opiate agonist (kind of like an opiate that doesn’t...
Suboxone (buprenorphine) is a pretty great new drug, and for a lot of people, it's just a far preferable alternative to methadone and especially to naltrexone. When suboxone works well, withdrawal pains are largely avoided, and the eventual detox...
Are sherm cigarettes addictive? Are they really dipped in embalming fluid? What are the long term health risks of smoking sherms? Smoking sherm, also known as smoking fry, illy, wet or dank, means smoking a cigarette or marijuana joint, that has...
Sippin on syrup, lean, purple drank – whatever you call it, drinking codeine and promethazine containing cough syrup will get you high, but it's also dangerous and since codeine is a narcotic, it's pretty addictive. Addictive enough, in fact, that...
Marijuana is not heroin…but neither is it the same marijuana that it was 20 or even 10 years ago, and as the potency has risen almost 10 fold over the decades, so to have the risks of addiction, the risks of developing a tolerance and experiencing...
The dangers of rehab romance All too common, rehab romance is a serious threat to recovery; and as such most rehab and drug treatment facilities attempt to keep recovering patients out of romantic relationships, and concentrating on self...