Sentences with phrase «addictive drugs such»

Recording a pet owner's name and address when potentially addictive drugs such as hydrocodone and tramadol are dispensed would allow physicians and pharmacists to identify people who may be diverting pet medications to personal -LSB-...]

Brain scans demonstrate that sugar acts on the same part of the brain as highly addictive drugs such as opiates and amphetamines.

Dopamine - blocking medications could target not only addictive drugs such as cocaine, but also compulsive behaviors like gambling or eating.

Not exact matches

These devices dispense a drug called buprenorphine — itself an opioid, but one that doesn't produce the sort of euphoric and addictive high that more powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and morphine do.

Recreational «drug» use such as is currently allowed by law here in the U.S. puts upon the general populace many social discords that have tendencies to demoralize the individual welfares thereby lowering the nation's social wellbeing... Synthetically made pharmaceutical drugs can not replace naturally occurring drugs and such synthetics are apt to be more harmful and way more addictive than the naturally occurring ones.

What motivates such people is a need which can become addictive, so much so that there are those who suggest that adrenaline / epinephrine addiction should be considered in the DSM (the manual classifying mental disorders) as an addiction, alongside addiction to illegal drugs.

Opiates are drugs that are derived from the opium poppy, and range from some of the most addictive painkillers such as codeine, oxycodone, and fentanyl to illicit drugs, such as heroin.

As we have all learned recently, opioids are powerful drugs that are highly addictive and run the gamut from pain pills such as hydrocodone, oxycotin, vicodin, and lortab to street drugs such as heroin and fentanyl.

It is exactly during puberty that substances like drugs of abuse — alcohol, cannabis, etc. — may induce the most destructive and also persistent effects on the still developing brain, which may in some cases even result in neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia or addictive disorders.

Problematic video game use isn't all that different from other types of addictive behavior, such as alcohol or drug abuse, which can be spurred by poor coping strategies.

Problematic video game use isn't all that different from other types of addictive behavior, such as alcohol or drug abuse, which can be spurred by poor coping strategies, Hilgard said.

Morikawa expects likewise from other addictive drugs, such as opiates and nicotine — the common thread: increased dopamine levels.

New research presented by Dr. Jonathan Britt, from McGill University, helps to better understand how reward signals, such as those produced by addictive drugs, travel through the brain and modify brain circuits.

Rats that have access to addictive substances such as cocaine, however, will continually press a lever to get more of the drug, even when it has been replaced by saline.

Neurons that originate in the VTA release the neurotransmitter dopamine, known to play a central role in the effects of addictive drugs and natural rewards such as food and sex.

In ways that drugs of abuse — such as nicotine, cocaine and heroin — hijack the brain's reward pathway and make users dependent, increasing neuro - chemical and behavioural evidence suggests that sugar is addictive in the same way, too.

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.

Many of these are opiates, such as oxycodone and tramadol are semi-synthesised, drugs derived from opium which are in the same highly addictive opioid group as heroin.

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

You have chronic pain and don't want to use pharmaceutical drugs such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, or highly addictive opioids to manage it forever.

Officials blame this increase on the rise of addictive prescription drugs such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet, codeine, and Fentora, all of which are opioids (derivatives of opium).

I don't think most people realize that sugar can be addictive like a drug and it does such bad things to your body and skin.

I haven't heard of a single pharmacist making a fuss over dispensing erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra or highly addictive narcotics such as OxyContin.

Helping clients deal with such major issues as bereavement, anger management and addictive behaviors call for a mental health professional familiar with both counseling and drug therapy approaches.