The Biological Effects of Ketamine Abuse

  The Biological Effects of Ketamine Abuse Ketamine, originally developed as a post-operative analgesic to replace PCP in the 1960s, soon found its way into the recreational use space. ‘K’, ‘Special K’, or ‘Vitamin K’, as it’s known on the streets, has powerful hallucinogenic and dissociative effects, altering and distorting how the user perceives sight […]

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Vaping’s Victory: How E-Cigs Extinguished Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man

  The relationship between trauma and addiction: A layman’s guide For the longest time, smoking cigarettes was just about the coolest thing you could do. Think Humphrey Bogart’s character in 1942’s Casablanca, puffing away with an air of hard-edged sophistication; Audrey Hepburn with her elegant little cigarette holder in Breakfast at Tiffany’s; and, more recently, […]

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The relationship between trauma and addiction: A layman’s guide

  The relationship between trauma and addiction: A layman’s guide Trauma, a response to deeply distressing or disturbing events that overwhelm an individual’s ability to cope, can have a profound effect on one’s psychological well-being. It influences thoughts, behaviours, and emotions significantly and has been linked to a host of mental health disorders and substance […]

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Home alcohol detox

  Alcohol Detox Home Alcohol Detox Many many people, including this author, have or will, at some point in their lives decide to maybe take a bit of a break from the drink. If you haven’t already, maybe when you were at university or going through a tough breakup, the odds are good that you’ll […]

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Amphetamine Addiction: Signs, Effects, Withdrawal, and Treatment

  Conditions We Treat Amphetamine Addiction: Signs, Effects, Withdrawal, and Treatment A lot of people seem to have a very one-dimensional understanding of what amphetamines are. The public mind might quickly jump to gaunt and emaciated figures smoking crystal from a pipe or mugshots featuring people with sunken eyes and severe skin problems. While these […]

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Alcohol Abuse Statistics in the UK

  Alcohol Addiction Rehab Alcohol Abuse Statistics in the UK Alcohol abuse has always been a concern in the UK. We’re known to enjoy a pint or two – or more honestly, way more than that – on a fairly regular basis. That being said, our appetite for liquor has only grown over the last […]

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Ketamine and increased prevalence within substance misuse

Let’s imagine a person who has never heard of ketamine before. They set off on a Google-fueled mission to educate themselves, and, being a reasonable person, they limit themselves to news articles published within the last year from a variety of large reader-base publications and other credible organisations from the UK. Within a few minutes, […]

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Codeine Addiction Rehab Treatment

  Pharmaceutical Addiction Codeine Addiction Rehab Treatment | Signs, Withdrawal, and Treatment You would not believe how easy it is to get codeine in the UK! Even if you’ve never heard of codeine before, it doesn’t take more than 5 minutes of online searching to find out that you can legally buy an opioid from […]

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Co-codamol Addiction Rehab Treatment

  Pharmaceutical Addiction Co-codamol addiction rehab treatment Imagine this scenario: A young professional, male or female, with clean and sober habits, wakes up one morning with muscle pain the day after a heavy workout session. No big deal. They take a couple of aspirins and go to work. By lunchtime their muscles aren’t any better, […]

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Pregabalin: Dangers, Withdrawal, and Addiction Treatment Options

  Pharmaceutical Addiction Pregabalin: Dangers, Withdrawal, and Addiction Treatment Options For many, pregabalin has had a profoundly positive impact on their lives. It eases the uncertainty and disruption to life caused by epilepsy, provides relief to chronic or debilitating neuropathic pain in fibromyalgia patients, and brings comfort to those suffering from generalised anxiety disorder. Developed […]

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