Substance dependence

Study: Propofol Addiction Is a Debilitating Form of Substance Dependence

Study: Propofol addiction is a debilitating form of substance dependence
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Abuse of the anesthesia drug propofol is a “rapidly progressive form of substance dependence” that is being more commonly seen among health care professionals,… Continue reading

Study Shows Rising Rate of Propofol Abuse by Health Care Professionals

Study Shows Rising Rate of Propofol Abuse by Health Care Professionals
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Abuse of the anesthesia drug propofol is a “rapidly progressive form of substance dependence” that is being more commonly seen among health care… Continue reading

Study Shows Rising Rate of Propofol Abuse by Health Care Professionals

Study shows rising rate of propofol abuse by health care professionals
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
( Wolters Kluwer Health ) Abuse of the anesthesia drug propofol is a “rapidly progressive form of substance dependence” that is being more… Continue reading

Actor Martin Sheen, Drug Treatment Experts 'Coming Together' to Heal Community

Actor Martin Sheen, drug treatment experts 'Coming Together' to heal community

Filed under: Treatment of Cocaine Addiction

BY JUDGE WILLIAM SCHMA AND SALLY REAMES. Most of us probably know someone who is caught in the tangled web of substance… Continue reading

Treatment for Addicts Is Starting to Change

Treatment for addicts is starting to change
Filed under: cocaine abuse symptoms
Experts are pushing for a truly medical approach to treating addiction as a disease rather than relying solely on longtime unproven therapies like 12-step programs. A call for… Continue reading

Deaths From Heroin Increase in Portage

Deaths from heroin increase in Portage

Filed under: Cocaine Withdrawal

FOUR DEATHS were confirmed heroin overdoses, while two more people overdosed on methadone, a drug sometimes called "synthetic heroin" and prescribed in treatment programs to prevent withdrawal symptoms in heroin… Continue reading