“Some 70 percent of the population is exposed to medical opioids during their lifetime,” Maia Szalavitz, the author ofUnbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, writes in Vice. Yet, in America, the “addiction figure is roughly 2.5 million, or about 1 percent of t...
Its more of a drug than food. In fact I’ve referred to sugar as a drug, recieved backlash until pointing out that the brain lights up to sugar like a cocaine addicts brain lights up to cocaine. I’m pretty sure sugar helpscause hypertension, and high blood pressure too. Likely causes...
I just found out I have brain atrophy. I already lost 10 percent of my brain. I'm not sure what to expect. I have another doctor's appointment next week. Has anyone or know someone who has gone through this?--SJC Byanon154584— On Feb 21, 2011 ...
Mani-pedi addicts, beware. The antifungal drug terbinafine (also known as Lamisil), often used to treat nail infections, can induce full or partial taste loss in up to 2.8 percent of people who take it. Certain medications for sleep, blood pressure and cholesterol can also interfere with ...
Addictionrelapse ratesare between 40 and 60 percent. As a result, relapse is almost a constant threat for most individuals who have suffered from a severe addiction syndrome. However, with the right treatments, support, and of course, with time, these issues will lessen. This is not to say...
Living with an addicttakes a toll on families and makes preoccupation with a loved one’s suffering inevitable. Yet, researchers early on found that such reactions of codependents both predated their spouses’ alcoholism and continued after sobriety. When codependents begin to recover, addicts are...
D) More of them are successful business people. A) They have higher installment loan debt than native-born Americans. Nineteen percent of them borrow money from friends and family.C) Their level of debt is lower than that of native-born Americans.D) Thirty-four percent of them use credit ...
Yes, there are steroids that cause increased aggression, but that doesn't impair judgment. The other 90 percent of comments are just sob stories from women about how their man left them because of roids. Guess what ladies? I hate to break it to you, but it's not the roids that made ...