Danesh Alam MD, DFAPA, DFASAM, Author at Ambrosia Behavioral Health

You're sitting in the Florida sunshine. You have your fingers wrapped around a cold drink. If you downed the whole thing in one gulp, would people around you cheer? Or would they run to your side and offer help? If you're in Florida, the chances of cheering are 50/50. The data suggests that Florida is [...]

Hangovers and Age

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Most Americans will admit to over imbibing from time to time, maybe having one too many glasses of wine with dinner or celebrating a little too much over a major milestone with friends. Early on, these binge drinking sessions may not come with too many consequences. However, as you get older, you may notice that

Guessing Overdose Trends

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For over two decades, the United States has been battling an opioid epidemic. Between 1999 and 2017, over 700,000 Americans died from a drug overdose, with 70,000 deaths occurring in 2017 alone. With an average of 130 American lives taken by opioid overdose each day, the introduction of fentanyl – an extremely potent drug of

Can Cyclobenzaprine Be Abused? Why or Why Not?

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Our muscles are remarkable. They tug on our bones, and that helps us walk, dance, and even run. But sometimes, we want those muscles to stop twitching and pulling. And some conditions keep those fibers from relaxing. Cyclobenzaprine is designed to soothe muscle activity. If you've hurt your back or tweaked your neck, your pills

Addiction & Treatment for People With Medical Conditions

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You know addictions harm your relationships. Every time you get into a fight with the people you love because of your drug use, you're reminded of that. You also know that addictions hurt your finances. You probably pay your bartender or dealer more than you pay almost anyone in your life. But your addictions can

United States of Addiction

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South Carolina Addiction Status [Updated 2019]

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Like much of America, South Carolina is suffering the devastating consequences of the opioid epidemic. A study by the CDC found that South Carolina overdose death rates jumped 42.5 percent from 2006 to 2016, the decade preceding the peak of overdose deaths in the US. Drugabuse.gov reports that in 2017, there were 749 overdose deaths

Fentanyl Being Used to Cut Other Drugs

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What’s in that drug you’re about to put in your body? Chances are, the street drugs you buy are cut with fentanyl, especially if your drug of choice is heroin. The contamination isn’t benign. Fentanyl is much more powerful than the street drugs your body is accustomed to, and it’s nearly impossible to detect without

The Dangers of Combining Xanax and Fentanyl

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Peanut butter doesn't taste as good without jelly. Popcorn doesn't truly satisfy without a butter bath. Cake isn't sweet enough without a coat of frosting. We mix and match substances every day to give us the sensation we want. Some of us even mix and match our drugs. On the surface, fentanyl and Xanax seem

Finding Fentanyl Test Kits

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It tastes a little sweeter than heroin. If it is pure white, it's not safe. If I buy from the same guy, I'll never get a bad batch. These are the things we tell ourselves when we're buying street drugs. We know they are dangerous, and we realize that every hit could be our last.

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