What Are the Effects of Alcohol & Drugs on Families?
What are the Effects of Alcohol & Drugs on Families? – Lee Taylor, the Family Therapy Coordinator at Castle Craig Hospital, talks about the effects that addiction has on the family: “Castle Craig is not only abou…
Hospital helps drug–addicted babies
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"Medically speaking, these are normal, full-term babies with the exception of their substance abuse withdrawal from their exposure in their mothers," Smith said. "In the NTU, we can work with the mothers, the fathers, the grandparents to get them ready …
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Antiretroviral Drug Reduces Risk Of Contracting HIV Among Injection Drug Users
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However, the protective effects of these antivirals have only been established among heterosexual couples and men who have sex with men and mother to child transmission – the drug is safe to use during pregnancy, according to a study published in PloS …
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Addiction Treatment Drugs Often Denied
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While naltrexone helps patients overcome opioid addiction by blocking the drugs' euphoric effects, it is considered generally safe and non-addictive. Methadone is a synthetic opioid that can stabilize a patient by mitigating withdrawal symptoms, but is …
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E-cigarette use is on the rise in region
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The Federal Drug and Food Association does not regulate, recommend or recognize the product as a smoking cessation, and researchers question it's general safety – but the industry is booming. The Tobacco Merchant Association estimates e-cigarette sales …
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