Inside Kratom: The Legal Drug With A Dangerous Similarity To Opioids Recently there has been a rise in substances sold in vape shops, convenience stores, and gas stations across the country. These substances include Delta8, CBD, and one of the most popular, Kratom. While these substances are technically legal, they are unregulated and can vary [...]
The Unexpected Food That May Ease Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms Opioid withdrawal symptoms are brutal. Some of the issues that someone quitting opioids might experience include nausea, sweating, diarrhea, fatigue, insomnia, and anxiety. These are caused by the body’s lack of the painkillers that it has been relying on for an extended period. While these withdrawal [...]
The One Essential Industry Leading Opioid Overdose Deaths When talking about the opioid epidemic, and more specifically what has caused the terrifying rise in opioid overdoses, the blame often falls on pharmaceutical companies that pushed opioids as safe and nonaddictive, doctors who overprescribed opioids, and drug dealers who offer affordable heroin and now fentanyl to [...]
How To Manage Truly Intense Chronic Pain Without Narcotics Chronic pain has become increasingly common in the United States. In fact, in 2016 the CDC reported that just over 50 million Americans suffered from chronic pain, and 19.6 million of those individuals were dealing with high impact, or truly intense, chronic pain. Throughout the 2000s, [...]
Why Is The Opiate Crisis In The U.S. Getting Worse? The opioid crisis, as we know it in the modern age, has been steadily raging since the 1990s, when prescription painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone became available. The crisis then reached a second peak in the early 2010s with the affordable and ample supply of [...]
What Does Heroin Do To The Brain? Starting at a very young age, children are warned against taking illegal drugs like heroin, simply with the warning that drugs are “bad.” As we get older, many people reach adulthood without a full comprehension of what exactly makes a drug like heroin “bad.” Of course, we know [...]
How To Minimize Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome From Opiates Opiates have long been considered to be one of the most difficult substances to stop using. Many people who have recovered from opioid addiction have experienced the difficult withdrawal symptoms that occur within the first few days or to a week after ending opioid use. These withdrawal [...]
Why Are Doctors Overprescribing Opiates In The US? There are many root causes for why the opioid crisis has become such a large-scale epidemic. These causes range from the highly addictive nature of opioids, the commonplace practice of prescribing them for chronic pain, the affordability of heroin, and now the rise of fentanyl-laced substances. However, [...]
The Dangerous Opioid That Is Constantly Glamorized When it comes to opioids, most people have heard of the major opioids that cause someone to develop an addiction. Prescription opioids like Oxycodone and hydrocodone, as well as illegal opioids like Fentanyl and Heroin, are all known to be incredibly dangerous. However, an opioid that is not [...]
Inside The Long Health Battle For The Youngest Victims Of The Opioid Crisis The opioid crisis has claimed many young victims from high school students who develop a dependency after experimenting with painkillers, to children who feel withdrawal symptoms after opioids are prescribed for an injury or surgery, including dental procedures. Most young victims of [...]
