Although considered the first step in recovery, is detox always necessary? Not always so, but in some cases withdrawing off of a drug can be fatal without a medically supervised detox. We have provided the following to help you to understand a little more about the detox process. Alcohol Addiction and Binge Drinking There are [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Detox, Rehab and Addiction to Opiates, Methadone, Coke, Meth & Alcohol
Posted: 1st December 2009 by admin in CONFIDENTIAL ALCOHOLISM TREATMENTTags: addicted to methadone, addicted to opiates, difference between binge drinking and daily drinking, rehab for crack cocaine
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Newest Methamphetamine Addiction Treatment, Corticostriatal Region
Posted: 1st December 2009 by admin in UncategorizedTags: corticostriatal region of the brain, dopamine, dopamine and depression, interneurons, internuerons, lab mice, lab rats, meth experiments
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A new study on mice has suggested that long-term changes in the brain’s dopamine-releasing machinery may explain why methamphetamine addiction is so strong. Dopamine is one of the brain’s major neurotransmitters. The research team, led by Nigel Bamford, of the University of Washington, Seattle, treated mice with methamphetamine and examined how prolonged exposure to the [...]