Category Archives: Science

Addiction Science: Neuroplasticity in Addiction

Posted on April 1, 2012 by BillC

My colleague Art Zwerling is often sending academic articles to enlighten and educate addiction nurses. He recently sent two articles. I thought it would be interesting to cut and paste the abstracts as a way of identifying the serious academic … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Uncategorized | Tagged addiction, biological, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, physiological, The addicted brain craves new neurons: putative role for adult-born progenitors in promoting recovery, The synaptic pathology of drug addiction | Comments Off

Dr. Gupta Talks and Writes about Addiction

Posted on February 23, 2012 by BillC

Dr. Sanjay Gupta had a number of thoughts about addiction and treatment today on CNN. He was accurate with some information but inaccurate with other information. Dr. Gupta was accurate about a report of a chronic alcohol abuser who had … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Medication, Science, Uncategorized | Tagged addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, buprenorphine, CNN, dependence, Dr. Gupta, Home Detox, Naltrexone, Revia, Sanjay, subutex, Vivitrol | Comments Off

Definition of Addiction: ASAM Definition of Addiction

Posted on September 16, 2011 by BillC

Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors. Continue reading →

Posted in Home Detox, Policy, Recovery, Science | Tagged addiction, American Society of Addiction Medicine, ASAM, definition, Home Detox, treatment model | Comments Off

Alcohol affects everyone differently

Posted on August 3, 2011 by BillC

A very good article about the way alcohol affects everyone differently was written by Melinda Beck in the Wall Street Journal. Ms. Beck often writes about alcohol and addiction in mainstream journals and papers. Here is an excerpt: How much … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Science | Tagged addiction, alcohol, Melinda Beck, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

Addiction isn’t an interruption!

Posted on June 7, 2011 by BillC

Please welcome to our blog a guest writer. Paula Davies Scimeca is a highly respected author and accomplished addictions nurse. We encourage you to search for additional web content by her and we hope she continues to offer pieces for … Continue reading →

Posted in Recovery, Science | Tagged addictions, addictions nurse, anger management, brain disease, conflict resolution, Paula Davies Scimeca, recovery, sober socialization, Unbecoming a Nurse | Comments Off

Rapid Detoxification, Utra-rapid Detoxification

Posted on May 3, 2011 by BillC

Rapid detoxification sounds good. A quick detox while you are highly sedated or under anesthesia. Minimal to no discomfort and it’s over in a day or two. So, what’s the problem? The problem with ultra rapid detox or rapid detox … Continue reading →

Posted in Alcohol Detox, Opiate Detox, Science | Tagged Alcohol Detox, mortality, Opiate Detox, Rapid Detoxification, Ultra-rapid detoxification | Comments Off

Addiction and Neurobiology: A talk by Nora Volkow, NIDA

Posted on April 8, 2011 by BillC

The Princetonian, the Princeton University Independent Student Newspaper, ran a story Wednesday. Dr. Volkow, the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), addressed the student body and their coverage is below. This blog has been consistently posting and … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged addict, alcoholic, Dr. Nora Volkow, Home Detox, Neurobiology, NIDA | Comments Off

Science: Prescription Overdose, Opiate use and abuse

Posted on April 6, 2011 by BillC

The National Institute of Health, National Institute of Drug Abuse, released a press release today. The press release is below. It highlights a number of statistics, the most glaring being that 56% of patients receiving prescription opiates received an additional … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged Home Detox, Hydrodone, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA, NIH, opioids, oxycodone, oxycontin, Prescription opiates, Prescription overdose, vicodin | 1 Comment

Wall Street Journal Report: Comparing Food Addiction to Alcoholism or Drug Addiction

Posted on April 5, 2011 by BillC

The WSJ today has an interesting article comparing the possibility of food addiction to Alcoholism or Drug Addiction. Using a high-tech scan to observe the brains of pathological eaters versus normal eaters, the study found that showing a milkshake to … Continue reading →

Posted in Home Detox, Science | Tagged addict, addiction, alcoholism, ASAM, Biopsychosocial, brain, Dr. Michael Miller, Food Addiction, reward system, Wall Street Journal, WSJ | 2 Comments

Buprenorphine: Butrans

Posted on March 29, 2011 by BillC

Currently, there is no crossover use of Butrans (Buprenorphine Transdermal) for addiction treatment. And after further review of the prescribing information I don’t anticipate any such use in this form for addiction treatment for years to come. Continue reading →

Posted in Medication, Science | Tagged buprenorphine, Butrans, detox, Home Detox, opiate, oxycodone, oxycontin, suboxone, subutex, Transdermal | Comments Off