Common Symptoms of Prescription Drug Addiction

Common Symptoms of Prescription Drug Addiction – There are many common signs that people addicted to prescription drugs often exhibit. Prescription drug addiction symptoms are pretty universal, occurring in…

Teen OTC drug abuse can lead to problems

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Taken as intended, prescription and OTC drugs safely treat specific mental or physical symptoms. But when abused, these classes of drugs directly or indirectly cause a pleasurable increase in the amount of dopamine in the brain's reward pathway.
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Natural History of Illicit Drug Use 'Surprising'

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At baseline, 32,675 had not used illicit drugs in the past year, 861 had used illicit drugs in the past year but had no symptoms of abuse or dependence (asymptomatic users), and 1117 had used illicit drugs in the past year and had 1 or more symptoms of …
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