Addiction Topic: Substance Addictions (p. 1 of 3)
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Non-Medical Use Of Buprenorphine
One of the most prevalent drug problems throughout the United States is the abuse of prescription medications and opiate painkillers are high on the list. Since 2002 roughly twenty two million people have been using prescription narcotic pain relievers such as Vicodin, OxyContin and Demerol for non-medical reasons.
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Concerta Abuse and Withdrawal Symptoms
Many different prescription stimulant medications are abused today even though there are risks involved if they're misused. Medications like Concerta are central nervous system stimulants that are used as part of a treatment program for treating Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
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Bupropion Antidepressant Medications
Bupropion is an antidepressant medication that's used to treat various medical conditions and also used to help a person stop smoking. The way bupropion works is by increasing certain types of activity in the brain. Antidepressants don't cure depression but they help to reduce the patient's symptoms. Antidepressants aren't usually abused but they're commonly prescribed today and bupropion is...
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Oramorph Addiction and Recovery
Oramorph (Oral Morphine for Treating Pain) Morphine is available under many different brand names and Oramorph is one of them. Oramorph belongs to a class of drugs called opiate (opioid) pain relievers and is used to treat moderate to severe pain. Oramorph provides short term pain relief and is classified as a Schedule II controlled substance because the potential for abuse is high.
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Pain Associated with Demerol Addiction
We continue to focus on prescription narcotic pain medications in our articles because they're so heavily abused today and there are so many people dependent on them. It's sad because most people didn't realize the degree their life would change when they first started experimenting with pain medications because addiction isn't something you can truly imagine unless you've been there.
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Opana - Drugstore Heroin
Another potent and dangerous prescription pain medication that's being abused today is a painkiller called Opana. Opana is the brand name for Oxymorphone and is a very powerful opioid pain killer that's much stronger than OxyContin, which at one time was a very popular drug abused by an enormous amount of people throughout the United States.
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When prescription drugs are reformulated to keep...
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