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Juliette Lewis: 'I Faced My Fears'
Juliette Lewis: 'I faced my fears'
At 18, Juliette Lewis was a Hollywood star. But fame brought drug addiction and panic attacks. As she returns to the big screen, she talks revolt, rehab and rock'n'roll with Ryan Gilbey Juliette Lewis has been drug-free for – how long is it now? Give her a minute. She's working it out. "I was 22. I'm 40 now. So that's …" And yet one of the pleasures of being in her company is that she acts like … Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
North Korea’s New Drug Addiction – GlobalPost
North Korea’s new drug addiction – GlobalPost
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North Korea's new drug addiction
GlobalPost A North Korean guard post, seen from a South Korean observation tower in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, on December 23, 2011. Reports of rampant recreational drug use of amidon are trickling out of the country. (Prakash … |
Your View: Massachusetts cupable for plague of drug addiction – SouthCoastToday.com
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Your View: Massachusetts cupable for plague of drug addiction
SouthCoastToday.com Recently, there has been a influx of drug activity. In New Bedford, there were 15 overdoses in 24 hours and in both New Bedford and Fall River, they are considering carrying Narcan in first responder vehicles. Part this is a state wide problem, moreso … |
What’s Wrong With Being on Suboxone Forever?
Question by Frankiesgirl Forever: What’s wrong with being on Suboxone Forever?
Suboxone is a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone and it’s prescribed purpose is to treat opiate (from pain medication to heroin) addiction. It works by binding to the same receptors as other opioid drugs. It mimics the effects of other opiates by alleviating cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
What I want to know is why do I continuously come across people that think “you need to get off suboxone” ?
Everyone has heard the saying, “Once a Drug addict, always a drug addict”, so why would staying on an approved medication be a problem? Isn’t it better for someone to lead a product life style content on the medication, than struggling with the temptation of a controlling dangerous drug such as heroin? The medication is pretty much a guarantee to living a sober life. Unlike methadone, it is impossible to get high while taking Suboxone. So, if a though turns into an craving, and a craving turns into an action (of getting high), a person taking Suboxone knows they can go out and buy their drug of choice, but there will be no satisfaction in taking it, because the Suboxone eliminates the high. How is this bad?
I need to make something CLEAR, before others answer who have never had to struggle with addiction, if someone is a drug addict, even recovered, there is always a craving. Some months maybe good, experiencing a brief thought, other months are bad, experiencing more than a dozen; some contain stomach cramps and anxiety attacks. It is truly a day to day battle. So, the idea of not “having any craving at all”. (Douglas B) isn’t realistic.
I decided to end this question, because three out of the four comment where based on ignorance and from those who have likely “found Jesus” in dealing with their addiction, this does not work for all of us. If the only answer I am going to receive, is that Suboxone is bad for reasons no more than the withdrawals, when you “choose” to stop taking it, than I can conclude that there is nothing wrong with taking it long term. The only reason anyone would have severe withdrawal symptoms is because they did not taper off gradually the way your suppose to. And for the last comment and others who are contemplating Suboxone, I have been on it for 5yrs and have been a normal functioning person. Picked my life back up, graduated college, give back to the community, and am being to get a little bit of myself back. Couldn’t have done this with a hand full of Oxy scripts or a limitless supply of heroin, what am idiot..
North Korea’s New Drug Addiction – GlobalPost
North Korea’s new drug addiction – GlobalPost
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North Korea's new drug addiction
GlobalPost A North Korean guard post, seen from a South Korean observation tower in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, on December 23, 2011. Reports of rampant recreational drug use of amidon are trickling out of the country. (Prakash … |
Your View: Massachusetts cupable for plague of drug addiction – SouthCoastToday.com
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Your View: Massachusetts cupable for plague of drug addiction
SouthCoastToday.com Recently, there has been a influx of drug activity. In New Bedford, there were 15 overdoses in 24 hours and in both New Bedford and Fall River, they are considering carrying Narcan in first responder vehicles. Part this is a state wide problem, moreso … |
North Korea’s New Drug Addiction – GlobalPost
North Korea’s new drug addiction – GlobalPost
|
North Korea's new drug addiction
GlobalPost A North Korean guard post, seen from a South Korean observation tower in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, on December 23, 2011. Reports of rampant recreational drug use of amidon are trickling out of the country. (Prakash … |
Your View: Massachusetts cupable for plague of drug addiction – SouthCoastToday.com
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Your View: Massachusetts cupable for plague of drug addiction
SouthCoastToday.com Recently, there has been a influx of drug activity. In New Bedford, there were 15 overdoses in 24 hours and in both New Bedford and Fall River, they are considering carrying Narcan in first responder vehicles. Part this is a state wide problem, moreso … |
Rosetta Genomics to Host Business Update Conference Call on April 1, 2014
Rosetta Genomics to Host Business Update Conference Call on April 1, 2014
The number of patients receiving renal replacement therapy worldwide is estimated at more than 1.4 million and is growing by approximately 8% annually. Advances in post-transplant care including the introduction of new potent immunosuppressive drugs … Read more on SmallCap Network
Titan Pharma in general agreement with FDA on pathway for Probuphine
Before the year 2000, medication-assisted therapies for opioid dependence had been sanctioned to a limited number of facilities in the USA. The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) allowed medical office-based treatment of opioid … Read more on The Pharma Letter