Some people mistakenly believe abusing prescription drugs is safer than taking street drugs. That's not the case. Abuse or misuse of prescription medications can lead totolerance, which refers to the body's adaptation to the long-term use of a substance to the point where it no longer produce...
Some people mistakenly believe abusing prescription drugs is safer than taking street drugs. That's not the case. Abuse or misuse of prescription medications can lead totolerance, which refers to the body's adaptation to the long-term use of a substance to the point where it no longer produce...
Abuseis any behavior or action that can be used to control, intimidate, threaten, or injure another person. It is a misuse of power which uses the bonds of intimacy, trust and dependency to make the victim vulnerable. Abuse can occur to anyone at any age, any walk of life, any gender,...
Individuals may abuse almost any substance whose ingestion can result in a euphoric ("high") feeling. While many are aware of the abuse of legal substances likealcoholor illegal drugs like marijuana (in most states) andcocaine, less well-known is the fact that inhalants like household cleaners ...
Amphetamines: This group of drugs comes in many forms, from prescription medications likemethylphenidateanddextroamphetamineand amphetamine to illegally manufactured drugs like methamphetamine ("crystal meth"). Overdose of any of these substances can result inseizuresand death. ...
The use of some drugs causes an activation of the dopamine reward pathway which increases the likelihood of abuse. There are several factors that affect studying interactions of over-the-counter and prescription drugs with drugs of abuse. First, clinical studies on humans using potentially dangerous...
Opioid analgesics and benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs most commonly associated with drug overdose deaths. This study was conducted to assess trends in nonmedical userelated emergency department (ED) visits and drug overdose de... CM Jones,McAninch, Jana K. - 《American Journal of Prevent...
Prescription Drug Addiction Prescription drugs are approved medications used to treat symptoms of diseases and other medical conditions. Even when used as prescribed, they can cause physical changes that can lead to addiction. When they’re used in any way other than as prescribed by a doctor, th...
What Kind of Person Abuses Xanax? Nonmedical use of prescription drugs is a major concern in the U.S. Many people who originally receive Xanax via prescription for medical use can take it for nonmedical reasons. Around one-third of people who abuse benzodiazepines get the drug from multiple...
"You can't get rid of addiction just by decreasing the supply of painkillers," he said. Prescriptionnarcotic painkillersinclude drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin. In the 1990s, U.S. doctors started prescribing the medications much more often, because of concerns that patients with se...