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Hangovers and Age

Addiction, Alcohol, Drugs, Dual-Diagnosis Addiction / Danesh Alam MD, DFAPA, DFASAM

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 [...]

Can Cyclobenzaprine Be Abused? Why or Why Not?

Addiction, Dual-Diagnosis Addiction, General Help, Treatment / Danesh Alam MD, DFAPA, DFASAM

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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

United States of Addiction

Addiction, Custom Type, USA / Danesh Alam MD, DFAPA, DFASAM

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Fentanyl Being Used to Cut Other Drugs

General Help / Danesh Alam MD, DFAPA, DFASAM

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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

Discrete Rehab Centers

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Every year, many people enter treatment programs. More than 1.4 million do, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. But few of those people shout about their treatment from the rooftops. We know addictions are diseases of brain chemistry, and we know they can be treated. But the fact remains that addictions

What Are the Short- and Long-Term Effects of Heroin Abuse?

Addiction, Alcohol, General Help / Danesh Alam MD, DFAPA, DFASAM

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Imagine diving into a swimming pool on a hot, sunny, summer's day. You'll jump up into the air, point your arms, bend at the waist, and slip into the water with a splash. Now catalog the dangers of that dive. You could: Slip off the board. Hit your skull on the bottom of the pool.

Treatment Success

Addiction, Alcohol, Treatment / Danesh Alam MD, DFAPA, DFASAM

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It’s difficult to determine what addiction treatments work and what don’t because everyone with addiction is a little different. There are some forms of care doctors tend to recommend to most people hoping for sobriety.

Substance Abuse in Florida

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Rates of drug abuse and addiction in Florida are off the charts, and drug overdose death rates in Florida are far higher than the national average. Learn more about why drug use in Florida is so rampant.