Testosterone Replacement Therapy as Part of Addiction Recovery

November 15, 2014

Testosterone Replacement Therapy as Part of Addiction Recovery

Testosterone replacement therapy involves supplementation of testosterone inform of injections, pellets, patches or gel in order to treat conditions in which the testes do not produce enough testosterone. It is also available in IV forms. Just like the estrogen replacement therapy in women, this ought to be done by an expert as the dosage is important for better results and to mitigate on the side effects. This therefore cannot be done without the help of an expert. This therapy has been found to be effective in fighting hypogonadism. It is also good in improves energy levels, perfect body mass, sex functions and muscle strength among other benefits.

Testosterone replacement therapy has been used for a long time in treatment of men with erectile problems. Hypogonadism is a problem that most men go through and seek treatment from every day. The use of testosterone replacement therapy in hypogonadism is not news, however there is little known about the connection of testosterone replacement therapy and addiction recovery. To any layman there seems to be no connection between these two phenomena. Maybe it is better to know what roles the testosterone hormone plays in the bodies of human beings.

Roles of testosterone hormone

Contrary to what many people think, testosterone plays many roles in our bodies and not only sex roles. Many people think that deficiency in testosterone hormone can only affect your sexual life but the reality is that this hormone very many roles beyond ensuring a healthy sex life. Apart from production of sperms, the testosterone hormone is also crucial in production of red blood cells. This hormone also helps in distribution of fats in the body parts, increasing muscle mass, improving bone mineral density and even regulation of moods in a person. A person with low testosterone levels is often very moody, this explains why men with hypogonadal testosterone levels are mostly in bad moods. It is also this hormone that gives men the physique of man- masculinity.

Several studies have also found out that high levels of testosterone in a person reduce their risks of developing depression. Many researchers have proved that many men who suffer from depression are of low testosterone levels and therefore testosterone replacement therapy may help them to fight depression. After testosterone replacement therapy most depression patients break free from the bonds of depression. Depression is a major problem that men deal with today.

Today, in the United States alone, the number of men who have fallen victims to depression have doubled the number of women suffering from the same. This is because of the many roles that this hormone plays in men. Scientists have proved that maintaining an optimum level of testosterone hormone is an effective way of fighting depression. In a study that was published in 2005 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, a team of researchers from the US Department of Veterans Affairs examined the connection between low testosterone levels and future depression risks in more than 700 men who were at least 50 years old. The report concluded that men aged below 50 years with low testosterone level were more likely to become depressed than men within the same age but have optimum level of testosterone hormone.

This is not the only study that established the connection between testosterone and depression. Another study that was published in 2003 in the American Journal of Psychiatry also examined the connection between these two phenomena. The research done by Harvard University worked with 56 men who had developed major depression but had failed to respond to antidepressant treatments. The researchers found that 40 percent of the men had low testosterone levels. It is therefore safe to conclude that testosterone replacement therapy can help fight depression.

Depression and Addiction Recovery

Depression seems to be the major link between testosterone replacement therapy and addiction recovery. Addicts have to fight depression even during addiction recovery. Depression should not be mistaken for a mere feeling of being down. Depression takes longer and even drains a person’s energy, in fact it because of depression that addicts are trapped in their use of substances. They take drugs to help them escape depression but use of these drugs will also result in depression as a side effect and so it is a continuous cycle. Depression may cause addiction or exacerbate it. There are also cases where there may be a dual diagnosis of addiction and depression in a patient. Each of these conditions can be cause and result as to some addiction comes first while to others depression is the original disease. It is therefore necessary to fight depression during addiction recovery as it may force the addict to use the drug in a bid to escape the symptoms of depression. Due to poor management of depression addicts have committed suicide as a result of depression. Therefore using testosterone replacement therapy which is known to not only fight addiction but also improving cognitive functions of the brain can help a great deal in fighting addiction.

Here at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center we encourage addicts to go for addiction recovery in rehabs we have qualified doctors who will see to it that every addict is helped to break the bond of addiction and enjoy life of freedom. Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) is committed to availing help to every patient. Call on her at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for help.

Testosterone Replacement Therapy as Part of Addiction Recovery

Rapid And Safe Drug Detox Using A Crafted Blend of Intravenous Amino Acids and NER

November 14, 2014

Rapid And Safe Drug Detox Using A Crafted Blend of Intravenous Amino Acids and NER

Many people are trapped in lives that they have never been pleased to live. Addiction has caused lots of problems in our societies today. The problem is that when a person becomes addicted then the problem ceases to be his alone but spreads to the entire society. Today addiction to drugs and substances accounts for more than half of the societal ills that our societies face. The addicts are facing problems associated with stigmatization and so most of them cannot even work and fend for themselves, this in itself is a source of depression that commands that they use drugs to help them escape and the endless vicious cycle ensues. In such a case an addict will be forced to go against the societal codes of ethics to find his daily dosage of his drugs of abuse like robbery and that will affect the entire society.

The naked truth however is, most addicts have tried to seek help in rehabs but have not succeed this may be the case since in most rehabs the pharmaceutical products are used in trying to help the addicts to overcome addiction. In some cases these drugs may work but in most cases the patient is left to deal with the withdrawal symptoms which may make these pharmaceutical medications ineffective in treatment of addicts. In most cases addiction detoxification is done by use of another substance of substitute. The substance of substitute serves the cravings for the drug. This may work well but as you have noticed it will take a longer period of time for the patients to be free from dependence on the drug of abuse with a higher risk of becoming dependent on the substance of abuse. Withdrawal symptoms make it hard for the patients to stop using the substitute substances that are used in detoxification enslaving them to the substances. Unlike pharmaceutical medication, IV amino acids when used in detoxification do not leave the patient with withdrawal symptoms hence the treatment is effective and efficient.

drug detoxification

For emphasis, I repeat. The use intravenous amino acid treatment in fighting addiction is devoid of the withdrawal symptoms and therefore safe and more efficient in fighting addiction as the patients will not take more time fighting withdrawal from the very substitutes used in fighting addiction. The intravenous amino acid serves the brain cells that have become dependent on substance of abuse with the right substitute that eliminates the cravings. It also detoxifies the brain and clears all the residue of the drug of abuse and break its effects on the brain and the entire nervous system and no pharmaceutical medicine can do that. The amino acid therapy is the best for fighting addiction because it gives the brain what it craves in a natural non habit forming way while rebuilding the neurotransmitters which are always destroyed by substance of addiction. It also works within days and improves the body’s own ability to detox. Apart from Intravenous amino acid detox in addiction there is also another effective way of fighting addiction at the root. Neuro Endocrine Restoration. Owing to the effectiveness of these two methods of detox in addiction Dr. Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed has crafted a formula for using both of the methods in healing addiction patients.

Neuro Endocrine Restoration

Neuro Endocrine Restoration (NER) is critical in treatment of addicts. It is one of the best ways of fighting addiction. What happens when a person is addicted to a substance is that the substance of abuse that he uses damages the brain by changing its biochemistry creating an imbalance in the brain and the entire endocrine system. This means that any effective treatment must restore the state of the neurotransmitters as was before addiction. The neuro endocrine restoration is the best at doing this since it cost effective, natural and takes a shorter time.

Detox

In our bodies there are neurotransmitters that help us feel good and at harmony with our surrounding. There are also other neurotransmitters that are responsible for low feelings. The brain needs all these neurotransmitters to work normally. In a normal person’s case the balance between these two neurotransmitters is achieved naturally but in case of an addict this balance ceases to exist as long term use of drugs affects the neurotransmitters. The use of NER in addiction treatment aims at helping the patient to evade the use of the drugs since without restoring the neurotransmitters, anytime an addict will attempt to stop using the drug of abuse his brain will trigger reactions of danger leading to release of adrenaline and endorphins, in such instance the addict will be forced to use the drug to restore calm and this explains why most addicts fail when they try to stop using drugs without restoring the damaged neurotransmitters.

Intravenous amino acids and the NER are natural approaches to treating addicts that have so far bore juicy fruits. They are affordable, effective and are free from withdrawal symptoms that many people suffer after going through addiction treatment with pharmaceutical medicines. We at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center are committed to availing help to addicts and offering them a place to call home. We advocate for natural healing to all kinds of addiction. In case you are struggling with addiction just call on Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for help.

Rapid And Safe Drug Detox Using A Crafted Blend of Intravenous Amino Acids and NER

Opiate Use Leads To Decreased Sex Hormone Levels

November 13, 2014

Opiate Use Leads To Decreased Sex Hormone Levels

opiate addiction Opiates have been used for a long time in pain management. They are the best in dealing with chronic pain and so have been used worldwide to help patients with chronic pain especially cancer patients to cope with their pain and promote their recovery. The use of opiates in pain management however is little understood by the general public especially because the media has never portrayed them favorably. However the public are slowly waking up to the realization that opiates are not as bad as they are purported to be but are very essential in our hospitals to day. They have become a necessity for analgesia and patients undergoing chronic [pain have become dependent on them. Without these opiates the patients will suffer greatly.

The use of opiates in treatment of chronic pain has however been associated with deficiency in androgens. Testosterone is one of the most crucial hormones in the body as they are responsible for sex. In case deficiency in testosterone a person will suffer low sex drive. It may lead to hypogonadism which today is one of the problems that see men weep in the night for failing to rise to occasion and satisfy the sexual needs of their marital partners. Apart from hypogonadism and low levels of androgens, the long term use of these opiates may also cause such problems as adrenal dysfunction, pituitary dysfunction, and abnormality in growth and reduced bone density. When a patient has used the opiates for a long time it lowers the levels of testosterone, it is this hormone that is responsible for masculinity, bone density and even sound sex life. All these problems arise as a result of decline in testosterone and other sex hormones, opiates use being the cause of the decline in the sex hormones. Several studies have revealed that long term use of opiates in pain management causes opiate induced hypogonadism characterized by very low levels of androgens especially the testosterone hormones. The use of opiates in pain management has not only been linked to decline in sex hormones but also abnormalities in glucose and lipid metabolism.

There some side effects that patients who have used opiates in managing pain for a long time suffer, these side effects are often well managed through myriads of medical practices that may also involve hormone therapy to restore balance in hormones and help evade all the gross problems that are associated with deficiency in crucial hormones in the body. Specifically symptoms that are often associated with opiate induced hypogonadism include sexual dysfunction, osteoporosis, lack of libido, low sex drive, reduced muscle mass and loss of strength in men. In most study reports osteoporosis and poor sex functions are credited to low levels of testosterone hormone. Women are also not spared since long term use of opiates will also alter the functions of estrogen hormones making them prone to these symptoms as well.

Hormone supplementation

opiate addiction A patient undergoing opiate treatment will suffer these side effects but all will be well after some time when they have broken free from the dependence on these drugs. The levels of testosterone will surge to normal levels and so will estrogen in women. This process occurs naturally, however some people will opt for hormone supplementation which may work as the process of treatment is going on but doctors advise that this may not be good as it discourages the body to signal its natural hormone production.

Patients have suffered opiate induced hypogonadism but most cases go unrecognized hence the patients are not easily helped to deal with the situation. The decline in testosterone levels is caused by opioid drug inhibition of Luteinizing Hormone often abbreviated as LH. LH is a pituitary hormone which is involved in testosterone production. LH also helps in direct inhibition of testosterone itself. It also causes the inhibition of the entire endocrine system and adrenal hormone suppression.

Researchers have also found that it is not only opiates that are used in pain management that causes decline in sex hormones and all the other symptoms associated with the fall in level of those hormones. Another cause of decline in these sex hormones is the treatments that are used to help the patients to overcome dependency on these opiates. These substances may include methadone which is commonly used in treating patients who have become dependent on opiates after long term use to manage pain. As shown in a new study treating opioid dependence with methadone can dramatically lower testosterone levels with men being the victims.

A cross-sectional study of more than 1000 adults led by Dr. Zena Samaan showed that the men who were treated with methadone for opioid addiction had roughly one quarter of the testosterone found in the men who did not use opioids. This study shows how methadone has adverse effects on testosterone levels in men. In women however there was no notable change.

“We expected that men would have lower testosterone. That was not something new,” principal investigator Zainab (Zena) Samaan, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences in the School of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, told Medscape Medical News.

“What was surprising was the magnitude of the reduction,” Dr. Samaan concluded.

She opined that doctors should be updated by following research findings on this issue so that they will know how to manage these symptoms that are associated with decline in testosterone. She encouraged doctors to check the hormonal levels of patients before putting them on opioid therapy and continue with this check in regular intervals to help manage testosterone levels.

There are various natural addiction treatment mechanisms that can help patients addicted to opiates other using methadone that may lead to decline in testosterone levels. Here at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center we encourage natural addiction training for physicians, Nurse, practitioners, Physician assistants and counselors so that they can avail a better alternative to opiates addicted patients. Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) is committed to availing help to every patient. Call on her at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for help.

Opiate Use Leads To Decreased Sex Hormone Levels

Vampire Facelift provides natural alternative

November 13, 2014

Vampire Facelift provides natural alternative – A Breakthrough to conventional plastic surgery

Vampire Facelift provides natural alternative to many. This treatment procedure can help you have that good skin complexion as good as that of a baby.

You are very beautiful, gorgeous, immaculate, and wonderfully looking. These are the comments and compliments everyone would like to hear. If all this compliments are directed to you, it makes you feel appreciated, noticed and admired. For this to be so in the kind of toxic environment we live in today you will need to do a lot to achieve this because we are residents to a very polluted world with lots of toxic substances that affects our skin negatively. As we venture into this discussion do you like what you see in the mirror? How does it make you feel when you stand before your mirror? Does your skin irritates you and it is affecting your confidence or facial look? If these are your concerns then you may want to consider best option before you which is to visit AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury’s care.

At this facility we focus in safe, effective skin care treatment options. Less invasive than surgery and more effective than typical spa treatments, will introduce you to our facial aesthetic services which will leave you feeling happier, confident, and rejuvenated. It will not matter what kind of treatment you’ll need be it for facial wrinkles, unsightly lines, creases or folds, undesirable skin marks, or any other issue, consider it done because doctor Akoury together with her team of experts of many years will up on finishing with you, will leave a lasting mark on you which will make many to bring back the compliments because we are the home of solution for your personal beauty.

As indicated above when it comes to refreshing, beautifying, and rejuvenating the face and the general good looking skin we have countless options of natural skin care, this is what we do best. Therefore the application of biologic medicine is a field of treatment in which patients’ own tissues are take out, carefully manipulated and then reestablished into the body to effect natural results using the body’s own healing power. The good news is that after years of study, physicians have developed several new cosmetic procedures using biologic medical principles to naturally enhance appearance and reduce visible signs of aging. Top on the list is “Vampire Facelift” in which surgeons use Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) in patients’ own blood to regenerate skin for incredible and completely natural anti-aging effects. however as popular interest in both plastic surgery and all-natural treatment options continues to build, biologic medical procedures like the Vampire Facelift present a safe and effective alternative to conscientious consumers all while using the body’s own healing mechanism to rejuvenate the skin and beautify the body.

To gain the best of both worlds (and the disadvantages of neither), the Vampire FaceLift ® not only restores a lovely facial shape, it also regenerates tissue and creates radiant skin tone and texture. Therefore how does this fascinating procedure work?

Vampire Facelift

PRP facial rejuvenation, popularly referred to as the “Vampire Facelift,” uses the body’s natural healing system to enhance skin tone, texture and color with minimal downtime, and without the use of man-made synthetics or invasive surgery. The key to this procedure is our own human blood, which contains Platelet Derived Growth Factors (PDGF), compounds that stimulate the production of collagen and keratin to help the body build new, firm, healthy skin and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. By harnessing the powerful impact of these growth factors found in the blood platelets, it is possible to activate stem cells in our skin and to instruct the body to use those cells to grow new, young skin in areas affected by the visible signs of aging.

PRP is prepared by taking a small vial of blood normally from a patient’s arms and then placing the blood in a centrifuge to separate the platelets. In less than 15 minutes, physicians can boost platelet and growth factor concentration by up to 600% and then re-inject the compounds into facial skin to speed up natural healing and collagen production. The result is an all-natural alternative to fillers like Botox or invasive procedures like a surgical facelift, ideal for combating fine wrinkles around the eyes, nose, lips, forehead and neck, as well as dark under eye circles, acne scars and sagging skin.

Complete Rejuvenation in 3 Steps

The Vampire FaceLift ® may sound supernatural, but its benefits are based firmly in nature. By drawing nourishing platelet-rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) from the patient’s blood and reapplying it to the face, the procedure restores vitality to skin.

Reshaping and beautifying the face

During the first stage of the Vampire FaceLift ®, the physician subtly sculpts the face using hyaluronic acid (HA) filler. The unique Vampire FaceLift ® approach takes into account the appropriate proportions of a beautiful face, rather than producing an unnatural appearance.

Harvesting and harnessing your blood’s healing power

Next, the physician draws a small amount of blood from the patient – about 2 teaspoons – and places the blood in a centrifuge to isolate the platelet-rich plasma (PRP). The practitioner adds special filler to this gel-like substance, which “activates” 8 or more growth factors designed to heal damaged tissue by stimulating collagen growth and blood flow.

Infusing the face with rejuvenating injections

After applying numbing cream, the physician uses a special technique and a tiny needle to inject these growth factors back into the patient’s skin. By tricking stem cells into believing an injury has occurred, this process causes them to produce collagen, blood cells, and fatty tissue. As a result, skin appears younger and more beautiful. This procedure will continue to improve your skin condition over the 2 to 3 months following, as well as provide lasting effects for 1-2 years.

Finally our objective at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury’s care is to naturally revamp your beauty professionally. It is our business and we hold it so dear in our heart to help you have that desired youthful look in the most natural way and with absolute natural products. We will be looking forward to sharing the latest in all-natural facial rejuvenation and body contouring services with you and the global societies as well. Call us today for that life changing appointment.

Vampire Facelift provides natural alternative – A Breakthrough to conventional plastic surgery

Turmeric and Women’s Health

November 12, 2014

Turmeric and Women’s Health

Turmeric plant Given the range of health issues experienced by women they are essentially a rather delicate gender. Unlike men, women have to battle with regular cycles of physiological changes involving a lot of hormonal tides and a number of variations in the composition of the chemical substances in the body.

Such compulsory cyclic processes make the woman a person of alternating moods and emotional states in addition to the generally delicate nature of their health component.

The aspect of reproduction which makes the woman’s body a biological lab conditioned to support a life, added to today’s eating habits and lifestyle present even more complications. A lot can occur in the female reproductive system. Tumors, cancers, pain associated with periods, all present the females with a challenging health factor.

Turmeric and women’s periods

Health experts have associated turmeric with anti-inflammatory effects in the human body. Most women experience a lot of pain and aches during their monthly periods. A number of them would often take this as a natural phenomenon that lasts only a few days. Others however find it a little difficult to keep up as the pain is usually too much for them. They resort therefore to various means that can bring them relief from the aches.

Turmeric has been found to bring immense relief from these menstruation related pains. The plant contains a lot of chemical compounds that give it an antispasmodic effect on the females during the monthly experience and help reduce intensity of cramps.

Turmeric therefore provides a great natural alternative to the various medicines that are currently available for relief from such menstrual cramps. This is handy when the person involved does not delight in taking medicines.

Such persons find turmeric as a great alternative since they can take it in the form of spice mixed with food. This way they do not have to experience the strain associated with ingesting the commonly biter pills or capsules.

The herb- Turmeric is said to help bring back the uterus to its proper shape and functioning. In addition, certain reports indicate that the chemicals in turmeric help with balancing of hormones in the female body and thus restores irregular periods and cases of breakouts.

The herb is useful in regulating menstruation among women as an emmenagogue. The term is used to refer to plants which rouse the blood flow around the pelvic area and the uterus. Some of these herbs stimulate the monthly periods. For Turmeric, this effect is achieved by purification and movement of still blood which causes a normal menstruation.

Turmeric as a mild contraceptive

Indian medicine practitioners have been using turmeric for decades now. Some existing reports indicate that turmeric was used before as one of the herbal methods of birth control at the time when science had not invented the modern ways of doing so.

Indian traditional medical prescriptions indicate that if you take 4-5 grams of the herbal product every day during periods then it prevents pregnancy at the next ovulation period. Science is yet to provide explanation to this state of affairs.

Turmeric

Other critical uses

Imbalances in the level of hormones among females are usually responsible for the secretion of some viscous vaginal discharge. The problem of the thick yellowish discharge also known as Leukorrhea can often go for years. Turmeric is said to provide lasting relief from this condition.

This herbal product is also said to be useful in dealing with cancers. This concern is slowly getting commendable backing from a number of scientific studies.

Turmeric and Women’s Health

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