Detox and Treatment

Before 2019, the NGO, which tests drugs sent in by the public, received only a handful of drug samples it identified as tusi, but in the last three years it has received 150. “This drug is connected to the neo-drug trafficker culture in Colombia,” Julian Quintero, a sociologist and researcher at Social Technical Action, a […]

These are the result of changes in the brain, especially when it comes to serotonin levels. Horowitz decided to reach out to David Taylor, Ph.D., one of his graduate school mentors. Taylor, a professor of psychopharmacology at King’s College London and director of pharmacy and pathology at the Maudsley Hospital, had done some research into […]

Low levels of potassium or magnesium in the blood may also increase your risk of QT prolongation. This risk may increase if you use certain drugs (such as diuretics/”water pills”) or if you have conditions such as severe sweating, diarrhea, or vomiting. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you should have naloxone available to treat […]

These effects can be positive for those suffering from insomnia and weight loss. Over half of people with chronic migraine have depression, demonstrating how commonly comorbid these conditions are. The SNRI Effexor XR may provide both reliefs of depression symptoms and prevention of migraine. Effexor XR can be used off-label for migraine headache prophylaxis at […]

These RCOs and recovery leaders represent a core component of the community recovery landscape and their role represents a type of RC that can be separated from the social RC of immediate personal relationships. And includes environmental factors that will increase the predictive power of RC measures. As outlined above, one of the key challenges […]

Because of the way these drugs work on the brain, they affect the ability to make healthy choices and decisions. Even drinking makes people more likely to get involved in dangerous situations, like driving under the influence or having unprotected sex. Drugs are chemicals or substances that change the way our bodies work. Some are medicines […]

On a rainy October night outside his home in Libreville, Gabon, Christophe Bibang explained how many Gabonese, especially those who practice Bwiti, are experiencing a shift in their relationship with iboga. Recently, more people are buying iboga root – either lengths of bark or in powdered form – in big cities for use in urban […]

Dr Nuke says that anyone picking mushrooms should use “at least three independent tests” to make sure the mushrooms are safe. These should be run on fresh, mature, fully-grown, healthy mushrooms in order to be as accurate as possible. Once dried, he notes, it’s much harder to spot mould or bacteria growing on the mushrooms. […]

It is as simple as leaving the shrooms you’ve collected on a piece of paper for a day or two. The only way this species can be obtained is by putting in the leg work and finding areas where they grow naturally in the wild and then correctly storing them. To learn more about other […]

It should not be used in place of the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare providers. There is research that supports the idea that music therapy provides an effective means of increasing a person’s motivation and engagement in a treatment program. It also delivers an element of emotional support and gives participants an additional outlet […]