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Certain medications can help to lessen the severity of a temazepam withdrawal. Substituting your medication for a longer-acting benzodiazepine such as diazepam might help to prevent certain withdrawal symptoms from occurring. There may also be medication or nutritional supplements that....

Some people may mix a “downer” like Restoril with an “upper,” or central nervous system stimulant, like cocaine or methamphetamine. Using a stimulant and depressant together can be dangerous. This combination pulls a person’s body in two different directions, an....

Mixing codeine and alcohol is dangerous, which is why doctors caution patients not to do so. If you can't resist taking a drink or two while on codeine, you may have an addiction problem to one or both drugs. Mixing....

Addictive substances like alcohol and drugs cause the brain to release high levels of chemicals that are associated with pleasure or reward. Over time, continued release of these chemicals causes changes in the brain systems involved in reward, motivation and....

Drug abuse is the recurrent use of illegal drugs or the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs with negative consequences.

Improved outcomes may be physical because there is a more steady blood level and patients don’t forget their medicine.  The outcomes may also be partly psychological because once a patient receives their implant, they don’t have to decide every day....

People who become addicted to a drug feel like they are not in control of their ability to stop taking it. If you are addicted to ketamine and cannot stop taking the drug on your own, seek treatment and start....

How long the effects last and the drug stays in your system depends on a few things: your size, on how much you have taken, whether you’ve eaten recently and what other drugs you may also have taken.    

Even from the first time someone uses meth, the high is significant, and the brain registers that experience as a “hard-coded” memory.  The brain tries to recapture those same feelings that were experienced with the first use, which is usually....

Women who use MDMA seem to have more effects of sleep disturbances and depletion of dopamine and serotonin in the brain than men do. The drug also increases a woman’s risk for miscarriage.