by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 17, 2016 | Recovery
Many addictions begin as a way of self-medicating.People who suffer from depression, insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, or other issues may have initially found some relief from their ailment in alcohol or other substances. But self-medicating only works until...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 15, 2016 | Addiction Consequences
Most fatal drug overdoses involve more than one drug; the highest number of overdose fatalities involve mixing drugs with alcohol.The body sees (ethanol) alcohol as a toxic substance and will work to excrete this first from the system. When alcohol is mixed with other...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 12, 2016 | Addiction
Buprenorphine is an opioid partial agonist, derived from thebaine, an alkaloid of the poppy Papaver somniferum. Because it is an opioid, it produces the same effects of other opioids such as heroin and opioid-based medications. But because it is an agonist,...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 10, 2016 | Addiction, Addiction Consequences
There is a huge market for drugs to aid in the treatment of opioid addiction.In 2014, the sales of Suboxone sublingual film were approximately 1.3 billion in the United States, and the total market has grown to over 1.7 billion. Bunavail is a direct competitor of...
by Cristina Utti, MA, MFA | Aug 8, 2016 | Recovery
Many people think a geographical change is necessary when they are trying to stop partying.While a move may be a good way to motivate the life changes required for addiction recovery, it can be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that location is more important...
