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Inpatient medical detox facility

June 15, 2017
Inpatient medical detox

Inpatient medical detox facility must be well equipped with the right and experienced experts for the job

Inpatient medical detox facility: Proper identification

Before you can settle on a suitable inpatient medical detox facility, it is important to ask the question and seek for answers to those questions. We had listed some of the questions you may want to ask in the previous article and we now want to respond to those question so that you are aware of the professionalism at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center. Our responses are listed below. But most importantly is to help you stick with professionalism and get the assurance of delivery of results that are not only timely but also going to last a lifetime:

  • The AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center protocol includes not only the standard medical handlings but also hydration, vitamins, minerals and good food. This gives us the zeal to deliver on our objectives effectively.
  • AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center offers 24-hour medical supervision is continually monitoring the patient’s progress and frequently will adjust the rate of the patient’s taper in accordance with the comfort and safety of the patient.
  • AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center has a more than 90% completion rate of people who start their medical detox at our facility.
  • Generally, people can complete their detox in from six to eight days and even very high doses of opioids can be detoxed in less than fourteen days.
  • The person will not leave on additional drugs.
  • AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center is on 3.25 treed acres and our patients regularly take walks or sit outside.
  • AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center has designated smoking areas but our patients are free to smoke at any time. They have a television in their room. They have a phone in their room and there are no restrictions on cell phone usage. They have internet access and the food is rated as excellent by patients.
  • Each AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center patient have his/her own private room.
  • There are patient comment forms available for review.

Inpatient medical detox facility: What the best offers for the best solutions

Do we know that if you come to AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center you will not revert to using the substance from which you detoxed? Absolutely No, however, what we can associate ourselves with is that almost all of our patients complete their medical detox and that their testimonies keep us to be among the leading addiction solution providers in the global market. We are actually not a shame to note our team of experts has impacted positively to all our clients both at the present and in the past thereby making all patients who have passed through AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center feeling better than they have in years before. This is what we take pride in and we would wish to request you not to stay with your problem in silence, remember that a problem shared is half way solved. Therefore if you or anyone you know is struggling with any kind of addiction, then you have an opportunity of regaining your life back by scheduling an appointment with doctor Dalal Akoury today.

Inpatient medical detox facility: Proper identification

 

 

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Societal addiction mischief

June 15, 2017
Societal addiction mischief

Societal addiction mischief will always be there but the bottom line is that addiction is a medical problem like any other

Societal addiction mischief: Is addiction a disease?

The numerous factors surrounding societal addiction mischief makes it very difficult for people to accept its realities. Even though many people think otherwise, addiction is like any other disease and it is not a sign of weakness of character on both the direct victim and the indirect victims. We must be on top of everything about addiction if we want to ever make any meaningful progress towards its elimination from our lives and to the general societies. Let’s consider the following facts as we progress into the discussion.

Addiction is like most major diseases – Consider heart disease, the leading cause of death the world over. Medically this health condition is partly due to genes or poor lifestyle choices like bad diet, lack of exercise and smoking. The same is true for other common diseases like adult-onset diabetes. Many forms of cancers are due to a combination of genes and lifestyle. These are facts we believe and accept each time our physicians deliver the diagnosis result, what is worrying is when your doctor said that you had diabetes or heart disease, you wouldn’t think and as a matter of fact nobody would see you as a bad person. In fact, you would take it positively and start thinking about solutions. That is how you should approach addiction. If this could be the attitude of everybody, then treatment can be administered more effectively and timely for a speedy recovery.

Addiction is not a weakness – The fact that addiction crosses all socio-economic boundaries confirms that addiction is a disease. People who don’t know about addiction will tell you that you just need to be stronger to control your use. If that was true then only unsuccessful people or unmotivated people would have an addiction and yet 10% of high-functioning executives have an addiction. If you think of addiction as a weakness, you’ll paint yourself into a corner that you can’t get out of. You’ll focus on being stronger and trying to control your use, instead of treating addiction like a disease and focusing on stopping your use.

Societal addiction mischief: Cross addiction

You can become addicted to any drug if you have a family history of addiction. It is important to note that if at least one of your family members is addicted to alcohol, then this gives you a greater risk of developing an addiction to any other drug. Cross addiction occurs because all addictions work in the same part of the brain. If your brain is wired so that you’re predisposed to one addiction, then you’re predisposed to all addictions. This is especially important for women who may come from alcoholic families, but who often develop addictions that go undetected, like addictions to tranquilizers, pain relievers, or eating disorders.

One addiction can lead to other addictions, and one drug can make you relapse on another drug. That’s one of the consequences of a brain that’s wired for addiction. Suppose you’re addicted to cocaine, for example, if you want to stop using cocaine then it is important that for you to succeed, you will have to stop using all other addictive drugs including alcohol and marijuana. You may never have had a problem with either of them, but if you continue to use alcohol or marijuana, even when it is casual, they’ll eventually lead you back to your drug of choice. Remember that in order to be on top of addiction abstinence should be your ultimate goal because true recovery requires total abstinence says doctor Akoury.

Societal addiction mischief: Is addiction a disease?

 

 

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Stigmatizing addiction patients

June 15, 2017
Stigmatizing addiction patients

Stigmatizing addiction patients in anyway is wrong and doesn’t help but kills the morale of those who help the most

Stigmatizing addiction patients: Addiction is a disease of free will

Over the last few decades of my practice as a medical professional, I have met patients globally with different disturbing health conditions coming to my office for treatment which we have gladly offered to a resounding positive feedback. We have made it a routine as experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center to give our very best to all our clients irrespective of their limitations. We believe in offering lasting solutions to all health complications that we can professionally handle. This has made us move from strength to strength over the years. However, one problem of drug addiction keeps recurring owing to the nature of its effects to people differently. This one story disturbs me the most because it came to my attention several years after I was first introduced to the couple. That story is going to form part of our discussion even as we focus on stigmatizing addiction patients both internally and externally.

Drug addiction is a medical problem and has nothing to do with one’s morals. It is painful seeing patients giving up on treatment because they keep relapsing every time they are about to have a breakthrough. We are taking seriously the issue of relapse so that we can be in the front lane in defeating the beast of addiction. If you know anyone struggling with any kind of addiction, our doors are always open for you and you can call Doctor Dalal Akoury to help you recover professionally and with dignity.

Stigmatizing addiction patients: Stop the humiliation and disgrace

Back to the story, three decades ago a couple visited my office with an addiction problem. The man who was alcoholic was in the company of his wife to seek help. Before we could even start the session, they excused themselves shortly and I felt that they were consulting on something before the session. I was surprised several minutes and hours later that my client vanished never to return. Several years later one of my students narrated this story to me and I was astonished. The student said, “when I was five or six years old, my maternal grandfather died of what I was told was complications of heart disease.” She believed that because that is what she was told. It was not until several years later, after she had graduated from a medical school in psychiatry, and had secured a job for a very long time using neuroimaging to study the addicted brain, that she learned the real reason for the death of her grandfather. One day her mother gave her the revelation that shocked her life. This was coming when her mother was sick and almost breathing her last, “I need to tell you something I have never spoken to you about.” She disclosed to her that her grandfather had been an alcoholic and that he took his own life in his distress at not being able to control his strong urges to drink.

“Oh, Jesus I almost lost my grip.” Her mother had out of fear of stigma and shame kept the real reason for her grandfather’s death a secret from her that long. What surprised her is that even though she knew that in her whole professional life was devoted to trying to understand what drugs do to the brain and that she had heard her speak of addiction as a disease of the brain, still she was not going to tell her the whole truth.” So she wondered how she had miscommunicated, and how she had not made her realize that it was not a taboo to speak about addiction and that there should be no shame in it. This really troubled her and so she came to confide in me. Stop stigmatizing patients and let’s support them get better.

Stigmatizing addiction patients: Addiction is a disease of free will

 

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Withdrawal symptoms episodes

June 15, 2017
Withdrawal symptoms episodes

Withdrawal symptoms episodes can be a stumbling block for timely recovery

Withdrawal symptoms episodes: Post-acute withdrawal symptoms (PAWS)

In our effort of trying to facing the problems associated with alcohol and substance abuse, it is very common that along the way we’ll meet challenges from patient denial to relapse after several weeks or months of undisputed commitment to both the patient and our experts who are administering treatment to them. One of the ways we have found out to be working for us is by establishing professional ways of dealing with the withdrawal symptoms episodes or post-acute withdrawal symptoms PAWS also known as the dual diagnosis in addiction. Doctor Dalal Akoury who is the MD and founder of this facility (AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center) is not just any doctor but a veteran addiction experts with a passion for helping people get better from the state of hopelessness to a new life of total fulfillment and freedom from drug addiction and misuse of alcohol. In her several decades of practice, she has established that in some instances these persistent symptoms in recovery will be a sign that the individual is dealing with some other issue other than their addiction problem.

As a matter of fact, it is now recognized that a significant number of addicts have a dual diagnosis and the most disturbing part of it is that they are ignorant of it. The implication of that is that besides their addiction problem, they are also struggling with other complications such as depression, anxiety disorder, or bipolar disorder. It will not, therefore, surprise you to note that this other undiagnosed problem could be responsible their incentive into substance abuse and misuse of alcohol in the first place. And when things get out of hand, users may attempt to self-medicate in order to escape the criticism from the society and even very close relatives.

From the professional point of view says doctor Akoury, if for whatever reason users of these substances ignore treatment thereby creating some pending treatment issues, the implication of that is very clear in the sense that any untreated dual diagnosis can actually prevent them from finding happiness in recovery? Some people may just dismiss their symptoms as Post-Acute Withdrawal Symptoms (PAWS), and this means that they delay in seeking treatment. It is always advisable to seek a professional opinion if the individual is finding it difficult to settle into recovery due to unpleasant symptoms. In most instances, it will be possible to manage the dual diagnosis so that the individual will be able to build a successful recovery. Doctor Dalal Akoury can be of help to you if only you can call her today.

Withdrawal symptoms episodes: Other causes of symptoms in early recovery

In some relatively rare cases, the individual may have more significant problems that can result in continued symptoms in long-term recovery. Those who have developed conditions such as alcoholic dementia may have caused irreversible damage to their brain. The individual may be able to learn how to function at a higher level, but in some cases, they will just have to adapt to living with this mental impairment.

Withdrawal symptoms episodes: Post-acute withdrawal symptoms (PAWS)

 

 

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Marijuana street descriptions and names

June 15, 2017
Marijuana street descriptions

Marijuana street descriptions and names may not matter when it comes to its effects on the brain

Marijuana street descriptions and names: The administration mode

Marijuana street descriptions and names are very many. Users have identified some of the street names as pot, weed, herb, dope, reefer, grass etc., despite the many names, the modes of administration into the body remain the same which is through smoking. Besides, that marijuana can also be taken in as a mixture of baked goods like cookies or brownies and also brewed as a tea. According to the experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, a more concentrated, higher THC content and resinous form of marijuana are called hashish and it comes in the form of a sticky black liquid, hash oil. Doctor Akoury says that the smoke of this substance often has a pungent and distinctive, usually sweet-and-sour odor. Marijuana is sometimes laced with crack cocaine and hallucinogen phencyclidine (PCP), making marijuana even more dangerous.

Marijuana street descriptions and names: Short-term effects

It is important to note that the effects of marijuana are generally felt within a few minutes and reach a peak between 10 and 30 minutes. Overall, most of the marijuana’s short-term effects wear off within 2 or 3 hours and that explains why users often take it repeatedly to realize the high.

How does marijuana affect the brain? This is very important because when someone smokes marijuana, THC is absorbed by the lungs and into the bloodstream, which then transports the THC to the brain and to all other organs of the body, producing the “high” that users experience. The parts of the brain most affected include those that influence pleasure, memory, thinking, concentration, sensory and time perception and coordination of movement.

Marijuana street descriptions and names: Long-term effects

According to NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse), research has shown that, in chronic users, marijuana’s adverse impact on learning and memory can last for days or weeks after the acute effects of the drug wear off. Because of this, a daily user of marijuana may be functioning at a suboptimal intellectual level all of the time. Research has also shown poorer cognitive abilities than non-users, including memory capability, math and verbal skills and that explains why marijuana is very addictive in nature.

Even though users will tell you that marijuana is not addictive, the fact is that year after year our more teens are admitted in various health facilities for treatment with a primary diagnosis of marijuana dependence than all other illicit drugs combined. This according to the studies carried out by NIDA, long-term marijuana use can lead to addiction for about 9% of users and increases among those who start young to about 17% and daily users between 25-50%. Because of the addictiveness nature of the substance, long term users who are trying to quit always suffer withdrawal symptoms including irritability, sleeplessness, decreased appetite, anxiety, and drug craving. The symptoms begin within a day after last use and peak at 2-3 days and latter subside within 1 or 2 weeks. Your concerns after reading this piece of information can be addressed professionally upon the schedule for an appointment with doctor Dalal Akoury today for a one on one discussion.

Marijuana street descriptions and names: The administration mode

 

 

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