In The News: 24-Year-Old Recovering Addict wins World Series of Poker
In The News: 24-Year-Old Recovering Addict wins World Series of Poker
24 year old Greg Merson went from being a straight-A student in high school to dropping out of the University of Maryland (in 2007) for his addiction to cocaine. Now a recovering cocaine, Adderall and OxyContin addict he’s a champion.... Learn MoreSigns of Codependency
[caption id="attachment_4374" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Signs of Codependency"][/caption] Signs of Codependency Codependency basically means that you make your relationship more important than yourself. One or both of the people are so invested in the relationship that they ignore their own needs,... Learn MoreThe Addictive Personality
[caption id="attachment_4367" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Addictive Personality Disorder"][/caption] The Addictive Personality The “addictive personality” was something I heard about a lot before I came into recovery. My dad would say things like, “You and I need to be careful about things... Learn MoreIn The News: Sober house lobbyist head to Tallahassee
You didn’t really think this was all going to blow over now, did you? The SunSentinel is reporting that Delray Beach Vice Mayor Tom Carney has rallied up a team of lobbyist to pass legislation that would regulate sober houses... Learn MoreIn The News: School Nurse arrested for stealing student’s ADHD medication
In The News: School Nurse arrested for stealing student’s ADHD medication A Dallas elementary school nurse Rebecca Baily-Long is on paid administrative leave after allegedly stealing prescription ADHD medication from a student and replacing it with pain medication. Bailey-Long is... Learn MorePharmacodynamics
Pharmacodynamics is a branch of pharmacology. While pharmacokinetics can be described as what the body does to a drug, pharmacodynamics is what the drug does to the body. It studies the relationship between drug concentration and effect. Pharmacodynamics: What does... Learn MorePharmacokinetics of Illicit Drugs
Pharmacokinetics is a branch of pharmacology that studies the movement of drugs through the system. The acronym ADME is often used in pharmacokinetics to describe the four parts of a drugs journey through the body: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion.... Learn MoreIn The News: Ketamine may relieve depression
What is ketamine? Ketamine is a schedule III dissociative anesthetic developed in 1963 to replace PCP and currently used in human anesthesia and veterinary medicine. Ketamine is manufactured as an injectable liquid for medical use but is evaporated into a... Learn MoreMorphine Addiction in Hospice Care
Morphine addiction in hospice care is a common fear of patients and friends and family. However, the rate of addiction is pretty rare. The idea that liberal morphine use will lead to addiction is born out of a general fear... Learn MoreYour Brain on Drugs: Marijuana
Marijuana is the most commonly abused drug in the United States. About 2 in 5 Americans report smoking marijuana. 10% of the population uses marijuana on a daily basis. Marijuana is made up of a mix of dried flowers, stems,... Learn MoreIbogaine Therapy for Drug Addiction
Ibogaine is a psychoactive alkaloid that is being explored for the treatment of drug addiction in the U.S. Although illegal in the US as of now, some 20 or 30 ibogaine clinics are in operation worldwide. This hallucinogen is used mainly... Learn MoreBioavailability of Drugs
Bioavailability of drugs refers to the amount of drug that actually reaches systemic circulation unchanged or in its active form. People often study the bioavailability of drugs through different routes of administration. By definition, intravenous administration has 100 percent bioavailability.... Learn More
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