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Addiction Science: Neuroplasticity in Addiction
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
Dr. Gupta Talks and Writes about Addiction
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
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Celebrity Detox: Whitney Houston and Xanax, Valium, Ativan, and ….
Add Whitney Houston to the long list of Celebrities who have died in association with Xanax (Alprazolam). Reports are that a bottle of Xanax was found in Ms. Houston’s hotel room and it is suspected she was over-sedated and subsequently … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction, Alprazolam, Anna Nicole Smith, Ativan, benzodiazepine detox, Billy Mays, death, Diazepam, died, drowned, drug dependence, Heath Ledger, Lorazepam, Michael Jackson, Mike Starr, Valium, Whitney Houston, Xanax
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“Prisoner in my own Home” Take Two
I wrote a blog below in January of 2011. It was titled “I’m a prisoner in my own home”. Since that time I have had discussions with a number of clinicians that have used the same phrase. Also, since that … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol Detox, Home Detox, Opiate Detox, Opiate Withdrawal, Recovery, Uncategorized, alcohol withdrawal
Tagged alcohol, alcohol withdrawal, Home Detox, isolation, opiate, Prisoner in my own home
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Buprenorphine: Suboxone and Subutex
Buprenorphine has rapidly become the standard medication for Opiate detoxification and the only office based opiate maintenance medication. Buprenorphine is also known as, and marketed as, Subutex. Buprenorphine and Naloxone form another form of medication known as, and marketed as, … Continue reading
Posted in Medication, Opiate Detox, Opiate Withdrawal, Uncategorized
Tagged Buprenorophine, detoxification, induction, naloxone, opiate, Opiate Home Detox, opioid, suboxone, subutex, withdrawal
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Preventing Opiate Abuse: An Interconnected Prescription Monitoring System
Paula Davies Scimeca, author of Unbecoming a Nurse, forwarded a timely and informative article from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacies (NABP) newsletter regarding an interconnected prescription monitoring system. The article can be found at: http://www.nabp.net/news/three-states-sign-on-to-participate-in-nabps-interconnected-prescription-monitoring-system/ North Dakota, Virginia, and … Continue reading
Celebrity Detox: Charlie Sheen: Fired from CBS and Warner Studios
The New York Times reported yesterday that Charlie Sheen was fired from the show “Two and a half men” . Warner Brothers put out a statement that after careful consideration they decided to terminate his contract, effective immediately. In an … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Uncategorized
Tagged CBS, Celebrity detox, Charlie Sheen, fired, in home detox, Warner Brothers
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As Another Bill Sees it: What do we have to lose?
Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, is quoted in the AA publication “As Bill Sees It”. This blog will publish occasional writings that have some association with Bill Wilson’s writings and AA. It is titled “As Another Bill Sees … Continue reading
Posted in As Another Bill Sees it, Connections, Recovery, Uncategorized
Tagged alcohol, alcoholism, As another bill sees it, As Bill Sees it, Bill Carrick, bill wilson, Charlie Sheen, drugs, Heroin, Home Detox, hydrocodone, in home detox, Ipana, Loricet, Lortabs, opiates, Oxy's, oxycodone, oxycontin, Percocet, Percs, private, Roxicodone, Roxies, Vicodan, vicodin
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Alcoholism: Genetic Predisposition
Every once in a while my clients ask me about Genetic Predisposition to Alcoholism or drug addiction. When they do I invariably tell the following story: I was a five year old hellion running around my grandparents house, being chased … Continue reading
Posted in Home Detox, Uncategorized
Tagged addiction, alcoholism, beer, drug abuse, Genetic Predisposition, Home Detox, in home detox, treatment
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Florida: The Roxie Capital of the World
I get more calls from Florida about Roxie dependence and abuse than all the other states combined. Roxies can also be referred to as Roxys, Roxicet, Roxicodone and other names. It is an opiate pill similar to Percocet and Oxycodone … Continue reading
Posted in Home Detox, Uncategorized
Tagged Florida, Governor Scott, Home Detox, opiate treatment, opiates, oxycontin, pill mills, Roxicodone, Roxies, Roxys
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