Sentences with phrase «addictive drugs for»

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As the executive branch decides how to address the opioid epidemic, communities hit hardest by the prescription drug crisis are beginning to target the pharmaceutical companies responsible for selling the addictive drugs.

A new government - funded study suggests that addictive opioid painkillers may not be better than other, non-opioid kinds of drugs for treating chronic back pain and arthritis.

Those provisions, she said, outweighed the «tiny fig leaf» of additional money the bill provides for biomedical research and combating abuse of addictive opioid drugs.

He argued the drug companies spent millions of dollars to promote the drugs for profit while denying or trivializing their potential addictive qualities.

This experimental drug is worth a deeper dive right now because the acute pain market is massive (more than $ 11 billion in just the U.S.), and there's a desperate need for viable alternatives to highly addictive drugs like morphine.

The best way for a society to avoid the dangers of addictive and dangerous drugs is to severely restrict access to them.

For a time it was believed that the tranquilizers were the «wonder drug» answer to the addictive problems posed by barbiturates.

Antabuse, an American trade name for tetraethylthiuram disulfide, is a drug which deters the alcoholic from drinking and thus blocks the addictive cycle.

This perspective unmistakably reveals the unwholesomeness, not to put it more strongly, of our way of life: our obsession with sex, violence, and the pornography of «making it;» our addictive dependence on drugs, «entertainment,» and the evening news; our impatience with anything that limits our sovereign freedom of choice, especially with the constraints of marital and familial ties; our preference for «nonbinding commitments;» our third - rate educational system; our third - rate morality; our refusal to draw a distinction between right and wrong, lest we «impose» their morality on us; our reluctance to judge or be judged; our indifference to the needs of future generations, as evidence by our willingness to saddle them with a huge national debt, an overgrown arsenal of destruction, and a deteriorating environment; our unsated assumption, which underlies so much of the propaganda for unlimited abortion, that only those children born for success ought to be allowed to be born at all.

For those who like Starbucks, keep in mind they are selling an addictive drug at an exorbitant price.

If we don't look to heaven, bend the knee and pray to the living God, we will cling to visions in which eschatological destruction, hijacked planes and addictive drugs are our basis for understanding our deepest needs.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said marijuana is not «a factor in the drug war,» citing addictive drugs as the key border focus for fighting illegal drugs in the U.S.

«By shedding light on the dangers posed by this dangerous and addictive drug, we will help save lives and create a stronger, healthier New York for all.»

The Rockland County DA's Office continues its crackdown on drug dealers, announcing this week the filing of charges against 37 individuals for allegedly selling oxycodone, ecstasy, percocet and other highly - addictive pharmaceuticals, as well as heroin and cocaine, throughout Rockland County.

The executive director of a leading government reform group has been replaced, after he turned himself in for possession of addictive illegal drugs.

«We're also seeking information on whether distributors neglected their legal obligation to flag suspicious orders to the DEA and if their employees were provided incentives in the form of bonuses for selling more dangerous addictive drugs.»

The report, «Drugs for Dollars: How Medicaid Helps Fuel the Opioid Epidemic,» highlighted how increased access to addictive painkilling drugs was a factor — though not the only factor — in the growing drug - related death Drugs for Dollars: How Medicaid Helps Fuel the Opioid Epidemic,» highlighted how increased access to addictive painkilling drugs was a factor — though not the only factor — in the growing drug - related death drugs was a factor — though not the only factor — in the growing drug - related death toll.

It's been shown, for example, that sweet foods trigger the same feel - good brain chemicals as addictive drugs.

The health threat was potentially serious: About 100 drugs, including sophisticated chemotherapy compounds and addictive prescription painkillers, had been approved for sale in the United States at least in part on the strength of Cetero Houston's tainted tests.

The results, he says, suggest that at least for some people, giving money to others provides an intrinsic reward that is neurologically similar to ingesting an addictive drug.

As expected for an addictive stimulant, the rats tended to press the drug - delivery lever more and more in each one - hour session as 20 daily sessions progressed.

Kosten is also researching vaccines for methamphetamines and opiates, which are among several anti-addiction shots that have the keen interest of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says NIDA director Nora Volkow, a research psychiatrist who has used brain imaging to investigate the addictive properties of drugs.

Every addiction is characterized by a strong desire for a certain addictive substance, be it nicotine, alcohol or other drug.

In a follow - on project to be conducted in collaboration with MedUni Vienna's Institute of Pharmacology and Center for Addiction Research and Science (AddRess) and, in particular, with drug and dopamine expert Harald Sitte, amongst others, the objective is now to find out whether, and, if so, how, activation of DeltaFosB can be prevented and how this highly promising starting point can be used to treat the onset of addictive behaviour.

According to the MedUni Vienna forensic medicine experts, these results will in turn impact upon the future treatment and management of people with opiate dependencies and heroin addicts, particularly when it comes to drug withdrawal: «If the addictive craving persists in the brain for months, it is very important to provide protracted after - care and corresponding psychological support,» says Seltenhammer.

«The stress response evolved to protect us, but addictive drugs use those mechanisms and trick our brains to keep us coming back for more,» Dani said.

Researchers have discovered one reason why adolescents are more prone to drug addiction than adults, with findings that could lead to new treatments for addictive disorders.

Previous research, for example, has shown that a majority of never - smokers given a cigarette or dose of nicotine not only report disliking the effects, but later, when offered a nicotine - containing pill, gum or candy, or a placebo — a classic test of the «reinforcement» abilities of an addictive drug — they chose the placebo.

They write, «This real - world, almost paradoxical, phenomenon demonstrates the complexity inherent in the treatment of addictive disorders — a medication intended to treat substance use disorder that has its own abuse potential, upon gaining popularity and increased availability, will inevitably be explored by drug abusers for reward and reinforcement purposes.»

Alcohol and other addictive drugs activate the dopamine system in the brain which is responsible for feelings of pleasure and reward.

«The researchers controlled for a host of psycho - social factors, which greatly reduced the strength of these associations — this suggests that psycho - social factors (things like history of drug problems, parental loss (divorce or death), poor family environment, low self - esteem, social deviance, personality disorders) play an important role in mood and addictive disorders.

Thus, teenagers are more vulnerable to addictive behaviors, and the impact of drug use on their brains is greater than for older adults.

(IAN MCDONNELL / ISTOCKPHOTO) Narcotics are the strongest class of drugs prescribed for chronic pain, and all narcotics are potentially addictive.

Just five years ago, a «kitchen sink» approach like Robbins might have been pooh - poohed by pain - management types, who would have been quick to prescribe hard - core, addictive drugs like oxycontin for such a serious condition.

In the new Vanity Fair cover story, Robert Downey Jr. talks about his struggles with drugs and his concern that he may have passed on an addictive personality to his son (his oldest child, Indio, was arrested for cocaine possession this summer and this past Friday entered a guilty plea).

In a landmark case, Purdue was sued in 2007 for $ 600 million for misleading the public about the addictive qualities of OxyContin, while making billions from the drug.

Prescription drugs are responsible for thousands of deaths in America every year, and the medications for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) are among the most dangerous (and addictive) on the market.

Further, research suggests it's possible that lavender essential oil can be an effective substitute for other common and potentially addictive psychoactive drugs used for anxiety.

Sugar triggers the brain similar to other addictive drugs thus creating uncontrollable cravings for sugar all day.

* Liver detox program is not intended to be used for detoxing from addictive substances such as alcohol or drugs.

The absolute preference for taste sweetness may lead to a re-ordering in the hierarchy of potentially addictive stimuli, with sweetened diets (i.e., containing natural sugars or artificial sweeteners) taking precedence over cocaine and possibly other drugs of abuse.

Back problems are almost epidemic in our society; in fact, chronic back pain lies at the root of the escalating opioid crisis, which has turned into a major public health issue in the U.S. Not surprisingly, the American College of Physicians now recommends that doctors recommend self - care techniques like yoga and Tai Chi for back pain sufferers before prescribing addictive drugs.

Considering the fact that these drugs are effective for only a short time, then become so addictive they can be pure torture to get off, do you really want to risk developing Alzheimer's in exchange for a short period of time anxiety - free?

It's different from many other addictive drugs, for which most people say they enjoy the first experience and would try it again,» said study author Roland Griffiths, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.

Your insomnia, for example, isn't due to an Ambien deficiency, but a conventional doctor doesn't have the time, the resources or the training to educate you and support you in addressing the multifactorial reasons you can't sleep, so you're given a drug like Ambien, which is addictive and has multiple problematic side effects.

The FDA is beefing up its warning label requirements for addictive opioid drugs like Vicodin and Percocet.

Yet with relatively brief content concerns, (including some disturbing images of specimens, decaying or dying animals, brief buttock nudity and the use of a highly addictive drug), Creation offers a springboard for examining one's own attitude toward the controversial naturalist and his theories.

Caffeine, the drug, is known as a stimulant, usually taken in order to to perk up its consumer and keep him awake and alert for a period of time, or sometimes to alleviate headaches — effects this film seems to produce the opposite reaction of in abundance Highly addictive, withdrawal symptoms include fatigue, drowsiness, irritability, and in some cases, vomiting.

These clips, which enable the viewer to feel all the sensations that come with the experience, are as addictive as any drug; even Lenny himself is hooked on «jacking in,» constantly replaying clips of happier times with ex-girlfriend Faith (Juliette Lewis), an aspiring rock star who left him for a record producer (Michael Wincott).

Concerned parents and diligent drug addiction researchers (like me this week) searching for help on illegal drug use or addictive prescriptions are likely to stumble across the «Rat Park» example.