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Oxycontin Addiction:
Oxycontin is a prescription painkiller used for moderate to high
pain relief associated with injuries, bursitis, dislocations, fractures, neuralgia,
arthritis, lower back pain and pain associated with cancer. It contains oxycodone,
an opium derivative and is produced in a time released tablet. Oxycontin commonly
referred to as OC, OX, Oxy, Oxycotton and kicker, was introduced in 1996 and has
had a rapid escalation of abuse. The tablets can be chewed, crushed and snorted
like cocaine, crushed and dissolved in water and then injected like heroin. The
most serious side effect is respiratory depression, particularly dangerous for
the elderly. Oxycontin
addiction and demand has resulted in pharmacy robberies and forged
prescriptions. The estimated number of people aged 12 or older with an oxycontin
addiction has increased from 1.9 million in 2002, to 3.1 million in 2004.
The largest increase occurred among young adults aged 18 to 25.Binge Drinking:
According to a rent study conducted by Kathryn Graham, et al of the University of Western Ontario psychology department "Depression is most strongly related to a pattern of binge drinking,"
Binge Drinking is defined in the study as consuming at least 5 alcoholic beverages at one sitting.
Whether Binge Drinking resulted in the development depression or whether depression contributed to a persons binge drinking was unclear in this study.
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 Inner Dialogs of Addiction, Rehabilitation and Recovery » May 25th 2007
According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine the clinical definition of addiction includes:
"a primary, chronic, neurobiologic disease, with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by...
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Relapse Danger Signs » May 22nd 2007
The term relapse means from the Latin relabi to slide back, from re- + labi to slide 1 : the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding2 : a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement
Like recovery relapse is a process that begins before actual...
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Readiness To Change Questionnaire-Alcoholism » May 21st 2007
From the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Readiness To Change Questionnaire
The following questionnaire is designed to identify how you personally feel about your drinking right now. Please think about your current situation and drinking habits, even if you have given up drinking...
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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome » May 18th 2007
As we have seen so far addiction is a complex process that includes changes that occur in the neurochemistry of the person who is addicted. During early recovery the neurological and biological effects of addiction often manifest themselves as a complex of symptoms. These symptoms are...
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Stages of Change for Addiction, Treatment and Rehabilitation » May 17th 2007
Prochaska & DiClemente developed a stages of change model that identifies 5 progressive stages of change as they specifically apply to overcoming addictions.
Precontemplation - the stage where the individual is not contemplating changing any of their addictive behaviors. This stage is...
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Stages of Addiction » May 14th 2007
Stages of Addiction
While genetics and neurochemistry assuredly play important roles in addiction the experience of addiction from the addict’s perspective is not at the genetic or neurochemical level.
The experience of addiction is progressive. At first he individual may...
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Pharmacological Interventions » May 11th 2007
Pharmacological Interventions
So far we have seen that addiction is a complex subject that encompasses the fields of genetics and neurophysiology. Neurochemistry also plays a very significant role in addiction. Some of the newer psychopharmacological and physical aversion approaches to...
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