855-763-648827 Feb 2013
Ritalin: Gateway Drug or Safe Prescription?
Ritalin is a commonly prescribed psychotropic medication, most often given to children to treat the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD and attention deficit disorder, or ADD. The generic name for Ritalin is methylphenidate and it is also prescribed to treat narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder. A psychotropic medication is one that is prescribed for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and that passes from the bloodstream to the brain to act on the central nervous system. Psychotropic drugs have the potential to cause changes in mood, cognition, behaviors, perception, and consciousness. For this reason, they are often abused, misused, and cause addiction.
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The addictive characteristics of powerful pain medications such as oxycodone, morphine, fentanyl and hydrocodone have well been demonstrated in extensive research on the topic. The challenge in the medical field was once access to the necessary medications to effectively manage chronic pain. Now, the challenge is weighing the relief from the pain against the potential for addiction.
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05 Feb 2013
Superwoman Syndrome and the Abuse of Adderall
For many years women have been told that they can have it all and, believing that is true, have been busy doing what it takes to try and do just that. What women aren’t told as often is that once you have it all, you have to keep up with it all. This frenetic drive to have it all and keep it all going is sometimes referred to as Superwoman Syndrome.
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No pain, no gain, says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as he backs an effort to end the city’s abuse of prescription painkillers. Bloomberg recently announced plans to curb the use of many common pain medications throughout 11 area emergency rooms by imposing tough, new restrictions. Bloomberg acknowledges the effort will hit some harder than others but says a little suffering may be necessary in order to achieve the greater good.
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In the course of medical history, opiates have lent considerable value in the treatment of chronic pain. At the same time, it also brings addictive qualities that sometimes present too much risk to the user. Now, prescription medications based on opiates are the most abused drugs in the market, accounting for more deaths each year.
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04 Jan 2013
Professional Athletes Using Adderall
During the last week of November 2012, the news broke that two players in the National Football League (NFL) had been issued suspensions because they tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug. The drug in question was not a drug that many people automatically associate with performance enhancement, but it is a drug that has recently grown in popularity with professional athletes across many sports. The drug is Adderall.
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03 Jan 2013
Drug Monitoring Caught in Technical Backwater
With prescription drug abuse running rampant in the U.S., efforts have been made from several directions to confront and overcome the problem. One of the most promising methods is the introduction of real-time prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs).
