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Is It Common To Abuse Prescription Drugs? Perhaps this goes without saying. But commonly abused prescription drugs cause a great deal of pain for people who become addicted. As human beings, we do not like pain. We do almost anything we can to avoid it. And why wouldn’t we? Pain hurts! Naturally, we want to …
Benzodiazepine Addiction Considered Many people have a benzodiazepine addiction. Benzodiazepines are anxiolytics or sedatives. This type of prescription is for panic disorders, anxiety disorders and some other disorders. Some doctors will prescribe benzodiazepines for muscle relaxation and seizures, too. Unfortunately, some people develop an addiction to this medication. How do you know if you have a benzodiazepine …
Heroin is a potent, highly-addictive illegal opiate drug that has powerful effects which can profoundly depress the central nervous system (CNS) to the point of becoming life-threatening. Some street names for heroin include the following: Smack H Big H Tar Dope Hell dust Horse Junk Chiba Brown sugar Brown crystal Mud Mexican brown Mexican mud …
Xanax Half-Life Xanax is an intermediate-acting benzodiazepine. After using Xanax in pill form, peak levels can be found in the blood about 1 to 2 hours later. The average half-life of Xanax in the blood is 11 hours in healthy adults, meaning that half of the drug has been broken down and eliminated through the …
Synthetic opioids are in a class of drugs that are human made and designed with a chemical makeup similar to opiates and semi-synthetic opioids that are derived naturally from the opium poppy. They include both prescription and illicit fentanyl and its analogs, carfentanil, methadone, U-47700, and Tramadol.
