Addictions

I was presrcibed phentermine today and I am also on suboxone. The doctor said it is ok to take as long as I go to the doctor every two weeks for a checkup. I did some research and phentermine is a controlled substance in the U.S., it is legal here and its also an anphentamine which means it's easilly addictive. If your on suboxone for being addicted to something else, your doctor will probably have a hard time giving it to you. That is why I have to go every two weeks for a check up. They are ok to take together but there are major side effects. Some people have arymthia's in their heart.. including sinus arythmya, which taking phentermine with an arythmia can be deadly. I would suggest getting and EKG before taking phentermine to make sure you dont have one!I know there are people who would take phentermine without a doctors knowledge and I would highly suggest NOT doing it!! Def, get checked by a doctor first to make sure you wont have complications!! I am not a doctor, but this is the information I was told! So please see a doctor before taking phentermine alone, yet again while taking suboxone at the same time!!

Heroin is physically addictive because it is an opiate, and all opiates are physically addictive.

Heroin is psychologically addictive because it produces desirable feelings and emotions in the user, and also because when the user is physically addicted, they will become physically sick if they do not have their dose. They develop an aversion to doing without because of this.

The way you can tell if someone is on drugs is if they come to work and their hair looks a mess or if they get down on thae floor and start quivering.

That's not always true--quite a few drugs don't make someone lose interest in grooming or start quivering. There are four things that are almost always a giveaway:

1. Major changes in the person's social circle.

2. Unexplained changes in the person's financial situation.

3. Significant changes in behavior.

4. Changes in grooming, dress or appearance.

I know, I know, a drug addict is supposed to shun all his old friends, need a ton of money right now, start screwing up at work and look like a dirtbag. That's not always true. People with some level of intelligence who start using drugs might give outwardly positive changes. Someone who's been real reclusive all their life might become a social butterfly. A moderate-means person might suddenly have a LOT of money no one can determine the source of. They might change from being an average worker or student to a top performer, and a lady who's never shown any real interest in "girly" stuff might all of a sudden start dressing really well and wearing really elaborate hair and makeup styles. This is a camouflaging tactic--"If I become a great person outwardly no one will notice I've started shooting heroin."

Here's one I find weird: one of the ways to tell a meth addict is if they use a lot of hand motions during their communication. I guess I'm really in trouble--I have always talked with my hands.

No, suboxone cannot get into your system by touching it. This drug has to mix with your saliva or it won't be effective. You place it under your tongue for about 5 to 10 minutes until it dissolves.

The only way to take Suboxone is to dissolve it under your tongue. Swallowing it won't work, because it won't dissolve in your stomach. And don't even think about crushing it up and snorting it or smoking it; it simply does not work that way. You can do that with heroin, and it sort of works with Vicodin and oxycodone, but not with Suboxone.

Furthermore, the maximum amount of Suboxone you can take at one time is 32 milligrams (four 8-mg pills). Taking any more than that will have no effect, so don't even try: it's just a waste of expensive medication.

It depends on several different factors: how much suboxone you took, how long have you been taking it, and if you only took a suboxone once between taking pills: how high your tolerance is to oxycodone.

If you only took one dose of suboxone (between 2mg and 8mg) you should be able to feel the full effect of the OC after 24 hours. After about 12 hours you'll feel some effects, but definitely not what you would normally expect from 30mg of OC. If you've been taking Suboxone for several days in a row, it would be difficult to guage how long it will take for you to feel the full effects. Suboxone has a 36 hour half life so it builds up in your system. The longer you take it and the higher the dose, the longer it will take for it to leave your system completely.

Durg abuse supports a fairly large segment of the economy: law enforcement, international efforts, large government bureaucracies like DEA, the law enforcement equipment industry, the legal industry and the prison industry. This "War on Drugs" funnels billions of dollars into a broad variety of industries and agencies that would otherwise be unable to justify their existence. That is why there is a war, instead of organized, mandatory treatment for addicts. It is also why we do not have legalized drugs -- except for alcohol, the worst one of all, and its little buddy nicotine.

A psychological addiction is a mental craving for a certain drug and can even be described as an overwhelming obsession with the drug and the feelings that result from the usage of that drug.

It occurs as conscious thought and choices lead us to stimulate the pleasure centers. The subconscious mind is stimulated by these pleasures and motivates the person to repeat these acts for pleasure. If it is not satisfied, the subconscious creates a craving for the pleasure producing substances or acts, and this creates a physical obligation. Psychological addictions last a lifetime. An alcoholic always considers himself an alcoholic because he knows he is just one drink away from being an alcoholic again, the same for other addictive substances and drugs. For information on physical addictions, check out the Related Questions below.

There are over a billion people addicted to elrctronics because they stay on there for a long time and get addicted to the light that is how many people and why they are addicted to elcetronics

I have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi and just found out they cover it. See the funny thing is, doctors are gonna tell you they dont take insurance because they dont make as much money making claims with insurance companies. THEY ARE LIARS!!! If you go to the doctor and they say no, call your insurance company to see. Sometimes the insurance company will reimburse you if the doctor wont take insurance. I have spent thousands of dollars over 3 years of being on suboxone to just find out i could have saved that money!!!!

deal with codein addiction

i been using codein for 11 years to get high. during that time i stop several times. first time i only took 30ml, but now increased to 150ml perday. what can i say to anyone who wants to stop is that u must reduce the dose day by day. from my experience i give myself a week to reduce and a week to deal with the major craving. by that time your body can be considered OK. no more back pain, sleepiness and tiredness. please dont forget to drink plenty of plain warm water to help your body to get rid of the codein toxic. you must do some stretching at night time before u sleep. focus more to the lower side of your body and also your back. this is to reduce body sore. the next step is the hardest. i call it the 'i miss u codein' the feel to get high. for me ths will take at least a month to deal with. hope that this can help you.

A true addiction refers to the state in which a person feels he/she need to continue the drug in order to function properly. The addiction can manifest in the drug addicts brain telling the addict that the drug will make him ''feel better''. Drug addiction can also manifest itself physically-when the addict stops using his drug of choice, he will go through physical withdrawal symptoms that (it seems) can only be stopped by taking more of the abused drug. Many people assume that it takes quite a long time to become an addict. The truth is that there are many drugs out there, like meth and heroin that are highly addictive and can create an addiction after just a single use.

''How does this happen?''

First, let's look at how the brain normally functions. As a person goes through his day his brain will release a variety of hormones and chemicals that dictates how a person feels. When the brain releases it's dopamine production the person feels happier. When the brain triggers the release if endorphins the person is better able to cope with stress. The brain might release a chemical telling you that you are hungry (after the emptiness of your stomach your brain will prompt you to do so). When a person takes drugs of his choice it eventually takes over the chemical production of his brain. To tell you the truth a person never really ''needs'' the drug they just chose to take it.

Suboxone is a combination of buprenorphine and nalaxone. Buprenorphine is the main active drug as the naloxone is only present to prevent misuse via injection, being a potent opioid antagonist, if injected it will send the user into immediate withdrawal syndrome. As far as buprenorphine getting you high, yes it will, however being that it is a somewhat unique opioid in that it can have both agonist and antagonist actions depending on how it is admininstered. Meaning that if it is taken while there are other opioid agonists present in the CNS, it will act as an antagonist and send the user into instant withdrawal. This is why the treating doctor will require that you are in complete withdrawal prior to administering the first dose. Again to answer your question, yes, if the patient is in withdrawal, or does not have opioid dependence, they will get "high" or "narcotized" however you want to put it. However, in most cases the high can only be achieved one time, as most patients taking it for opioid addiction are prescribed doses at or near its ceiling effect level. Being that it has an extremely long half live, the user would have to stop using the medication for several days before he/she can become "high" again. One of the dangers of Suboxone is the fact that it is such a very strong and competitive opioid, meaning that if the user were to suffer a traumatic accident in which immediate pain management is required, regular doses of morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, etc will be completely ineffective. Being that it is a competitive drug a doctor will typically move the decimal point over one spot to the left for pain management. That is if a typical patient needed to be administered 10mg IV morphine, a patient on suboxone will need 100mg IV morphine to be effective in overpowering the buprenorphine. Patients prescribed suboxone are provided with a card to carry on them at all times to alert medical help of their suboxone maintenance so that proper pain management can be delivered in case of an emergency. All in all suboxone is a wonderful drug for helping addicts get back on the right path (I personally was on it myself), but it can also be used as a recreational drug and will get you extremely "high" with intense rushes of euphoria, however dosing and re-dosing is somewhat of a roller-coaster ride considering you must enter withdrawal prior to taking it and then wait at least 2 to 3, maybe even up to 5 days for some for bupe or any other opioid to become effective in the body again. Other than all that happy fun stuff it's a hell of a good opiate to nod out to on a boring evening, I've enjoyed my first doses of it very much. Hope that helps. Oh and I feel like I must throw in the usual blah, blah, blah... I don't condone using drugs illicitly or in a manner that is inconsistent with their labeling. This answer is not to be taken as medical advice. Usage of narcotic medications without doctor supervision is not only illegal it is very dangerous and in some cases can be fatal. These are extremely powerful medications, and since people will still use them anyway, know that you are using them at your own risk! It is your life you are playing with. If your going to do it, be smart, see a doctor, or at very least do your research. Wish you the best with whatever it is your after.
Yes, in fact you can get high from suboxen. First if you do not take opiants it will act as a drug and give one a high. Next if you are taking it to aid in the withdrawls you also get high as it is taking the place of a powerful less managable opiant those users usually have to take their drug to feel normal. This is true about suboxin in the case also, meaning technically the user is a full blown getting high addict still, however this drug has considerably less painful withdrawls. Meaning its possible for most people to get off drugs who would have been gonners in the past, most of the time good support is the missing link to these peoples lives and without it they do not care about it or themselves. They are so dependent they absolutly desire it for a reason not many can figure out let alone consciensly take full responsibility for each action past and present. A feeling of personal hatred indulgence and tons of ups and downs.

Enamel, it is the hardest substance in the human body.

You really cant, everyone reacts differently to every different medication. Most people get very sleepy when they take Xanax, but that happens with many different medications. If you want to know, ask, if they want you to know they are on xanax, they will tell you, if not, its none of your business anyway.

No, anti-depressants are NOT opiates. Opiates include morphine, percocet, vicodin(hydrocodone), oxycodone(oxycontin), fentynal, roxycodone, methadone, suboxone or subutex, oxy and hydromorhphone, codeine, ect..

Most people i know say that baseball players chew tobacco or something like that, but as a baseball player myself i think its not true because if they do they would come out positive in the drug tests. When i play i ither chew gum or eat flower seeds, but i keep away from tobacco.

The MLB does not test for tobacco....it's legal and non-performance enhancing.

People do not necessarily say it when they are hurt, but when they are being hurt or someone is hurting them. It is because saying uncle when means you are surrendering or admitting your defeat. For example, a bully is holding your head against the wall, telling you to say uncle. You scream, "UNCLE!". This satisfies the bully because you have surrendered to their attack.

Does this help? :')

Alcoholism was defined as a disease by the American Medical Association in 1956. It is just another addiction. The arguments going around about whether or not addiction is a disease are bogus, usually put forward by someone on the fringe of the treatment industry to promote their own theories, or by people who want to blame addicts and alcoholics for their behavior instead of truly helping them.

althought the risk of getting court is quite high, if u was to do this it would be a way to make large amounts of money very quickly. this is the main attraction point for people to do this

In my opinion you are forgetting about the adrenaline rush associated with certain activities.A person can become more addicted to the act of making the deal successfully more than the drugs or money

That is a question that is being widely debated at present. The line between addiction and compulsive behavior is vague in this area.

It is safe to say that some people's use of computers can become compulsive -- difficult or impossible to control -- and can lead to serious problems with their emotional, physical and social lives. That is certainly enough reason to warrant concern, regardless of what it is called.

No. The suboxone will stop the darvocet from working.

Also, combining darvocet and suboxone could cause respiratory depression (a decreased rate of breathing). If respiratory depression is severe enough it can cause death.

There are, at present, no effective products that you can buy over the counter. The best way is to detox medically, and then go to treatment. They will teach you what you need to know. Alcoholism is an addiction, and there is no easy way out. If there were, it wouldn't be the number one cause of preventable death.