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(Latest | Earliest) View (newer 50 | older 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- 00:04, 9 May 2012 Cannabis addiction (hist) [1,755 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Cannabis is the psychoactive compound found in cannabis (also known as THC) that enables a person to get "high." Almost a quarter of a million people enter rehabilitation treatm...")
- 18:03, 2 May 2012 Ritalin addiction (hist) [17,423 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Ritalin Overview== Ritalin (methylphenidate) is a Schedule II Controlled Substance, which means the United States government classifies it as having "a high potential for abus...")
- 23:49, 25 April 2012 Doctor shopping (hist) [1,219 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "=Doctor-shopping= Doctor-shopping refers to behavior by a patient visiting multiple doctors, often simultaneously, for the express purpose of obtaining a prescription for certai...")
- 23:43, 2 March 2012 Amnesia (hist) [4,315 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Amnesia means a temporary or permanent loss of memory. Amnesia can be caused by brain trauma or physical damage to the brain from wounds, tumors, viruses, or lesions; degenerativ...")
- 23:40, 2 March 2012 Gateway drug (hist) [5,259 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Those who advocate the “gateway drug” theory believe that young people start abusing drugs by using the mildest ones and the ones that are legal first, and then they progress...")
- 23:40, 2 March 2012 Black tar heroin (hist) [3,108 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Heroin is a drug made from a fluid found in seed sacs of certain poppy plants. Originally developed as a painkiller, heroin is highly addictive and illegal in most parts of the ...")
- 23:39, 2 March 2012 Opioid analgesic (hist) [3,577 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "An opioid analgesic is opium or any drug chemically related to opium used to ease pain. Opium is made from a fluid found in the seed sacs of certain poppy plants. People have bee...")
- 23:36, 2 March 2012 Muscle relaxant (hist) [4,851 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A "muscle relaxant" is any one of several prescription drugs used to treat back pain associated with muscle spasms. They are also prescribed for cerebral palsy, multiple scle...")
- 23:29, 2 March 2012 Drug abuser (hist) [6,061 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A drug abuser is anyone who uses a chemical substance in a maladaptive way. Drug abusers are most commonly defined as those who use illegal substances recreationally or because t...")
- 23:27, 2 March 2012 Chronic pain (hist) [4,550 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The International Association for the Study of Pain composed a now commonly-used definition of chronic pain, and it is as follows: "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience...")
- 23:17, 2 March 2012 Marijuana addiction (hist) [21,836 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "For a long time most experts believed that it is not possible to develop a physical dependency on marijuana, although most would have agreed that it is possible to become psychol...")
- 23:14, 2 March 2012 Concerta (hist) [2,553 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Concerta is the trademarked name of a drug used to treat attention deficit disorder hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) in adults and children. It contains methylphenidate, an ingre...")
- 17:21, 27 February 2012 Physician Health Program (hist) [6,333 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A Physician Health Program is a state agency that monitors physicians, residents, and medical students who have substance abuse disorders, substance dependency, and psychiatric d...")
- 22:00, 18 February 2012 Varenicline (hist) [4,662 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The smoking cessation medication varenicline (Chantix) known to help casual smokers kick the habit has been found to also weaken the rewarding efficacy of alcohol and reduce smok...")
- 22:26, 13 February 2012 Tranxene (hist) [2,678 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Tranxene is the brand name version of the generic benzodiazepine clorazepate, which is commonly used to treat anxiety or seizure disorders; it can also help manage the painful sy...")
- 02:22, 4 February 2012 Physicians Desk Reference (hist) [2,733 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Physicians' Desk Reference is an extremely large and expensive book that provides detailed descriptions of every prescription drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administ...")
- 02:21, 4 February 2012 Pain management (hist) [5,023 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Pain management is a medical specialty concerned with the treatment and alleviation of pain, whether it is short-term, long-term or chronic. About ten years ago, the Joint Commi...")
- 02:18, 4 February 2012 Panic attack (hist) [3,583 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A panic attack is a short episode, usually lasting less than one half hour, of intense fear. People experiencing such attacks feel as if they are gripped by terror for no reason....")
- 02:13, 4 February 2012 Opioid abuse (hist) [5,294 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Opioids are drugs used to treat pain. Some of them are illegal to use in the United States, and the legal ones are highly regulated and available by prescription only. Opiate abu...")
- 02:10, 4 February 2012 Insufflated (hist) [2,377 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Insufflate" is a formal word doctors use that means to inhale a substance through the mouth, or more commonly, through the nose. Drug addicts call insufflating "snorting." Som...")
- 02:07, 4 February 2012 Developmental disorders (hist) [5,073 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Developmental disorders is a term used to describe any neurologically based condition that interferes with a child's natural intellectual and mental maturation into an adult. De...")
- 20:20, 27 January 2012 Dry drunk (hist) [3,294 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A "dry drunk" is a person who has stopped drinking (or drugging) but has not made the psychological and emotional changes necessary to achieve a complete recovery from alcoholism...")
- 02:27, 22 December 2011 Alcoholic dementia (hist) [2,780 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Alcoholic Dementia is a mental disorder characterized by confusion, inability to remember things that happened a short time ago, inability to make connections and decisions, diff...")
- 19:13, 24 November 2011 Christian drug rehab (hist) [5,351 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Christian drug rehab is an addiction treatment program that integrates the Christian faith into the treatment process. The Christian drug rehab should still offer therap...")
- 00:24, 24 November 2011 Glutamate (hist) [1,575 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Glutamate is in an important neurotransmitter that plays a role in learning and memory and is vital to the functioning of the brain. Most people know the word "glutamate" as par...")
- 00:22, 24 November 2011 Kleptomania (hist) [3,397 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Kleptomania is a mental disorder characterized by a compulsion to steal items that you don't need and may have little value. Doctors classify kleptomania as an impulse control di...")
- 00:11, 24 November 2011 Baclofen (hist) [1,373 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Baclofen is a muscle relaxant used to treat multiple sclerosis. It controls spasms, cramps, and tightness of muscles, but it does not cure these conditions. The drug is sold in t...")
- 00:09, 24 November 2011 Opiate painkillers (hist) [8,095 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Opiate painkillers are drugs that contain narcotics and are used to relieve pain. The legal definition of narcotic is opium, opium derivatives, and their manmade substitutes, bu...")
- 00:04, 24 November 2011 AA Grapevine (hist) [1,309 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The A.A. Grapevine is the official international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous. It is available for the price of a subscription either online or in print, as well as in Sp...")
- 00:03, 24 November 2011 Amends (hist) [2,615 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Amends" refers to Step Nine in the 12-step program invented by the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935. By now millions of people have used the process to recover not o...")
- 00:01, 24 November 2011 Alcohol withdrawal (hist) [5,152 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Alcohol withdrawal refers to what happens when a person who is physically dependent on alcohol stops drinking. If the person was not a particularly heavy drinker, or has not been...")
- 23:56, 23 November 2011 Herbal drugs (hist) [6,107 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Herbal drugs are medicines made from plants. The term can refer to any of hundreds of herbal remedies sold as dietary supplements, and therefore not regulated and tested for safe...")
- 23:54, 23 November 2011 GABA (hist) [2,546 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "GABA is the abbreviation for gamma-aminobutyric acid, an important neurotransmitter that stops nerve impulses in the brain and spinal cord. Too much GABA overactivates these...")
- 23:50, 23 November 2011 Acetylcholine (hist) [2,831 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Acetylcholine is an important neurotransmitter which helps transmit nerve impulses to muscle cells, signaling them to contract. Acetylcholine responds to nicotine and is ...")
- 23:49, 23 November 2011 Reuptake (hist) [2,472 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Reuptake refers to a biological process that takes place in the nervous system. Neurons or nerve cells have spaces between them known as synapses. In order for one neuron to ...")
- 22:45, 23 November 2011 Neuroactive peptides (hist) [6,070 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Neuroactive peptides, usually called neuropeptides, are kinds of molecules found in brain and nerve tissue. They are made of up chains of amino acids manufactured, stored and rel...")
- 22:35, 23 November 2011 Abuse liability (hist) [4,585 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Abuse liability is the potential that a drug has for addiction. The term is used interchangeably with potential for addiction, and addiction-sustaining properties. In...")
- 22:32, 23 November 2011 Norepinephrine (hist) [1,268 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Norepinephrine is a naturally occurring hormone produced in the medulla and secreted by the adrenal glands. It is a neurotransmitter or "chemical messenger" that enables nerve ce...")
- 22:25, 23 November 2011 Sober (hist) [728 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The word sober is used in two ways in terms of substance abuse disorders. First, sober can mean the state of not being intoxicated or drunk. For example, you might say, "A polic...")
- 22:22, 23 November 2011 Addicted (hist) [1,490 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Addicted" refers to the state of being compelled to use a habit-forming drug, substance or to perform an activity even when you have tried to quitting or have the desire to quit...")
- 22:20, 23 November 2011 Work addiction (hist) [2,839 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Work addiction is the inability to stop obsessing about your job or career, even if that puts your relationships and health at risk. Another similar term is "workaholism." In t...")
- 22:15, 23 November 2011 Psychotherapy (hist) [10,038 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Psychotherapy is counseling by a trained psychologist or psychiatrist in order to help a patient work through a difficult issue. Psychotherapy is a key element in the tr...")
- 22:06, 23 November 2011 Epinephrine (hist) [2,035 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "In many parts of the world, "epinephrine" is the same word as adrenaline, a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands during times of stress or excitement. Some Europeans speak in ...")
- 22:05, 23 November 2011 Addictive substances (hist) [2,618 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Addictive substances are chemicals or materials which can create physical and/or psychological dependencies. The U.S. government classifies these substances according to their po...")
- 22:03, 23 November 2011 Gambling (hist) [2,014 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Gambling is any game of chance that employs betting for money. Many people gamble on a casual basis with friends and family when they play poker, bingo, or other games for mone...")
- 22:01, 23 November 2011 Skittling (hist) [1,893 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Skittling is a slang word that can refer to eating a candy called Skittles along with an energy drink, that is, a drink with high levels of caffeine. Skittling also can mean tak...")
- 21:59, 23 November 2011 Treatment (hist) [3,516 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A treatment is any medical intervention used a disease or to lessen and manage its symptoms. Some diseases are treatable but incurable. For example, cancer patients may undergo ...")
- 21:57, 23 November 2011 Lorazepam (hist) [2,928 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Lorazepam (pronounced lor a' ze pam) is a drug in the benzodiazepine family that slows brain activity. It is commonly sold under the trademarked name "Ativan," and used to trea...")
- 21:54, 23 November 2011 Overeating (hist) [1,954 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Overeating is taking in more food than your body requires. Most people overeat on occasion, either to be social, to please someone who is offering food, or because they are enjo...")
- 21:54, 23 November 2011 Robotripping (hist) [1,910 bytes] Drugrehabwiki (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Robotripping is street slang for drinking cough syrup or taking cough pills in order to product alterations in consciousness. The word refers to the brand name "Robotussin,"...")
