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Homeopathy Treatment and Addiction

July 16, 2014

Homeopathy Treatment for Addiction

This is a natural method of treatment which is based on the philosophy that body has ability to heal itself. It is one of the oldest methods of natural treatment dating back to the late 1700s when it was founded in Germany. This medicine views symptoms of the illness as normal response of the body while it is in the process of healing itself. An interesting principle of this medicine is that, “like heals like” which means if a substance can cause symptoms when given to someone, it means the substance can be used to cure the illness if given small amount.

How does it work?

Since this medicine believes that giving a small amount of a symptom causing substance can heal the illness, it uses small substances which are diluted in water. These substances are diluted until no part of the original substance remains undiluted.

This kind of medicine is used to treat extremely wide range of conditions, which include physical conditions like asthma and psychological conditions like depression.

Is this medicine safe?

Yes. Homeopathic remedies are generally safe and they have no history of residual effects. The risks and side effects which may arise from the usage of these methods are clinically thought to be negligible.

Homeopathy Treatment

When is homeopathy useful?

If we look at history, homeopathy has been used in the maintenance of long-term illnesses such as:-irritable bowel syndrome, allergies, atopic dermatitis, rheumatoid arthritis among others. They have also been used in the treatment of minor injuries including cuts and strains. This medicine is still useful in those areas, but it has been cautioned that homeopathy is not appropriate for treatment of illnesses such as heart diseases, cancer, major infections and emergency. This is for obvious reason that these kinds of illnesses require urgent treatment and failure to which they are known to pose life threat and one may die.

Where do I get these medicines?

As a matter of fact, homeopathy is not commonly available in most of the hospitals in the world. This is because homeopathy is normally practiced privately. However, there are hospitals and therapeutic health care centers which offer this important medicine. Are you now wondering where they are located? AWAREmed is your solution! We have homeopathy medicines in our store and professionals who will help you out. All you need to do is to visit us all call us for details.

How is the medication process?

The process or procedure which will be used when you visit a health facility for medication will vary, but a few things will always be common.

When you visit a homeopath for the first time, a point of interest will be to first grasp your health status and pointing out any specific health condition. Therefore, they will most likely ask you about any specific health condition, but also more importantly your general wellbeing, lifestyle, emotional state and even diet.

What happens next? Based on the information collected above, the homeopath will be able to decide on your course of medication. This treatment in most cases will take the form of homeopathy remedies given as pills, capsules or sometimes tincture.

It is important to note that the course of treatment will depend on the individuals and the homeopath’s assessment of your condition. It is also vital noting that, just like many other treatment and recovery methods, the results are always not instant especially in the view that this method that will rely on the body to heal itself after ensuring necessary conditions for recovery are maintained. Regular assessments by the homeopath may be consequently important to know the progress. Ensure that you keep in touch with your homeopath regularly for assessment of your progress.

What Can We Conclude About Homeopathy?

Homeopathy TreatmentThere are a few thing that we can conclude from this treatment, one of the outstanding ones being that there is no enough evidence to the believe that substances can that induce certain symptoms can be used to treat them. Also the idea of shaking those substances into water has not been proven whether it can produce a reliable medicine though it has in many cases healed patients.

It can be argued that, since the substances which are used in the shake to produce the medicine are usually diluted with water up to a point where the original substance parts are not available, it is likely that in the final medicine there will be no single molecule of the substance. What does this imply? It is possible for us to conclude that homeopathic remedies are nothing but water. Thus the argument of them being able to treat becomes questionable.

It is also possible that the people who use homeopath remedies see improvements in their health due to the phenomenon known as the placebo effect which is the power of the mind to influence the body. This is also referred to as “having faith”, something which will make you believe the medicine will heal you even if the medicine doesn’t have any capability to make any noticeable change. It is always important for us to be aware of the placebo effects before we judge the medication that we are undergoing.

Homeopathy Treatment for Addiction

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Understanding Depression

July 16, 2014

What is depression?

Depression is one of the common symptoms of addiction from drugs. It refers to a condition or illness that causes a constant feeling of sadness and lack of interest. The depressed person will in most cases stay isolated and doesn’t like talking to other people around. Although it is common that any human being will at one time feel moody and not willing to talk with people around, this happens for some time then it disappears. In the case of depressed persons this state doesn’t seem to go away.

What causes this depression?

depressionDepression mostly is caused by chemical compounds which lower neurotransmission levels, which in turn depresses or reduces arousal or simulation in various areas of the brain. These drugs which contain this compound known to cause depression are widely being used all over the world either as prescription medicines or illicit substances. These drugs are used for their effects which are initially friendly e.g. pain relief, sedation etc. but in the long run or abuse, they result into depression.

Which are the indicators of depression?

Depression symptoms can be identified through behavior of the depressed person, or through the feeling of the depressed. Some of the common symptoms of depression may include;

  • Concentration difficulties, difficulties in remembering details of something and even decision making difficulties. The depressed person can be observed to possess at least one all even all of these challenges.
  • Loss of interest in activities. The person may loss interest in activities that he/she liked previously. For instance, a person who liked playing chess, may no longer show any interest in playing it and his/her friends may be able to observe this abrupt change in taste.
  • The depressed person may show signs of chronic headaches, cramps, pains etc.
  • Sometimes the depressed person will possess intense sadness, anxiety and “feeling” towards the people around.
  • The person may look restless. In many cases, a depressed person will not seem to settle and often he/she looks disturbed by something unknown.
  • Some victims of depression are faced with fatigue and decrease in energy that they initially possessed.
  • A depressed person may feel worthless and helpless. This can be observed when the person possessed indicators of low esteem.
  • A depressed person will either miss sleep or oversleep. In terms of sleeping they do it to the extremes.
  • Another symptom worthy mentioning is that a depressed person possesses thoughts of suicide or sometimes attempt to commit suicide.

Note: The depressed person may possess several of these symptoms at the same time and thus, do not over rely on one indicator to judgment. Also note that sometimes, what you see as a symptom may actually not be. For instance, not all the times being moody will be considered a symptom of depression!

Diagnosis of depression

The detection of depression and determination of its type and intensity requires a professional person. Are you wondering where you will get these professionals? Then you don’t have to worry anymore! At AWAREmed, we have professionals who will diagnose you and if diagnosed with depression, you will be given the appropriate treatment for you to recover completely.

How we diagnose

It is a fact that we had for long been accustomed to doctors using specialized blood tests or some other expensive lab tests which helped them in making a conclusive diagnosis. This is no longer helpful when it comes to depression. One of the most powerful tool which has been proven effective is talking to the patient, as you try to analyze the situation and identify symptoms. This is the tool that we mainly use to ensure that we give you the most appropriate and effective treatment which will lead you to a very fast recovery from depression. The importance of it is to give you a sustained recovery. It has been common that depression as a mental problem in many cases may have some other underlying factors, which not unless they are addressed, the result may not be sustained for long and thus lapse may occur.

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How do we treat depression?

Just like any other disease, treatment of depression begins with diagnosis. Once you have been diagnosed with depression, you can now proceed to the step of treatment. Here, the doctor will discuss various depression options with you. The appropriate treatment for depression will depend on the type of depression you have. For example, based on the type of depression that you have, the doctor will decide which of either antidepressants, psychotherapy or both will work best for you. The appropriate treatment will then be administered.

Sometimes, a person may be subjected to a given treatment and then he/she doesn’t respond to the standard depression treatment. In this case, the doctor may opt you train your brain via simulation techniques. Whatever treatment the doctor prescribes to you, it is importat to note that there is no instant solution. You must be patient to heal slowly and finally be fully depression free. You must remember that you should not give up in the race of addiction recovery.

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Pain Management without Addiction

July 15, 2014

Addiction-Free Pain Management

Pain management refers to the process through which we reduce or control pain in our bodies. One of the common methods of doing this has been prescription medication. While this method has proven to work well to some extent, in some cases it may result to addiction by the drug prescribed. If this happens, it makes it impossible for the patient to stay without taking the drugs since once one fails to take them pain returns and only reduced or ends once the drugs are taken. This is a common case when opioids are used for pain treatment.

How do we curb this problem then? Just as the saying goes, if you don’t repair a crack, you may end up building the whole wall. The best way to prevent addiction from drugs while trying to cure pain is by ensuring that the treatment that you use is effective and has no history of addiction when used. This type of treatment which doesn’t lead you to addiction is the one we call addiction-free pain treatment/ management.

Which are the Addiction-free pain management methods?

Many of effective treatments of pain methods which are addiction free will try to avoid usage prescription drugs or at least ensure they used a drug whose history doesn’t indicate signs of addiction. Let’s look at some methods which have proven to be effective in the management of pain and leaving the patient addiction free.

Pain management

What is provolone treatment? This is a form of muscular-skeletal and joint pain treatment technique. It uses the power of oxygen to cause the damaged tissues, ligaments, joints and even tendons to regenerate. This method of treatment causes a complete healing and a permanent pain relief.

How does it work?

Before we even look at the technique used by provolone to heal, it is important to remember the fact that most pains we experience in our daily life originate from injuries. These injuries may or not be physical. For a permanent pain relief to be realized, we must start by treating the injury itself and ensure it heals as well. For a damaged part of the body to regenerate and heal, it must have the critical elements necessary that only the blood can provide. These elements are: – Vitamins, minerals and oxygen. Of the three, by far the most important of them all is oxygen.

Prolozone works in three ways;

  • First, injection of homeopathic anti-inflammatory medication is done to prevent or reduce inflammation and swelling. This will increase circulation.
  • The second thing is to treat the area with vitamins that are critical for healing to occur.
  • Finally, the area is infiltrated with oxygen in the form of ozone.

What happens after this treatment?

The result of the treatment is that the tissues get what they need to heal, and consequently heal. Important to note is that circulation to the area is also established and therefore the treatment is complete.

Which are some of the conditions which can be treated with provolone?

The following are some of the conditions which can effectively be treated with ozone:

Can this treatment be addictive?

Not at all. We must note that this is a therapeutic treatment and thus it doesn’t use drug prescription which would in some cases result into addiction. The good thing also about this treatment over the other pain killing treatments is that it does not only kill the pain but also produce permanent healing of any injured area.

This is another addiction free treatment of pain which involves the treatment of autonomic nervous system. Autonomic system is the most fundamental system in our bodies and works as the control system. This system is responsible for controlling important body functions such as blood circulation, body temperatures, breathing, heart rate etc.

How does it work?

Neural therapy works by using procain injections to restore and heal stressed out and injured nerves, so as to ensure they work normally and in so doing, they sent the proper nerve impulses to the tissues and body organs that they innervate.

Pain managementIt refers to Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide which is a metabolic co-enzyme which continuously varies between NAD and NADH compounds in the body. Our bodies have two classes of enzymes, digestive and metabolic enzymes. Since healing requires structuring, repair, and modeling of every cell, metabolic enzymes become important since they do all those. Replenishment of these enzymes is important since they normally have a work load. NAD plays an important role in production of ATP, which is the energy molecule in the body and has over 100 metabolic functions in our human chemistry.

Is NAD therapy safe?

Yes. NAD therapy is a safe, natural supplement of cellular energy and also a generator of the same. It may also help to: act as a potent antioxidant and free radical scavenger Phagocytes use NADPH as a source of energy to destroy pathogens. It also increases mental clarity and alertness when applied to a given patient.

This is one of the pain relieve therapies which has proven to work effectively. It is a non-pharmacological, non-invasive technique for pain neutralization.

How does it work?

This technique works through gentle manipulation of tissue by altering the nerve based reflexes which a known to perpetuate trigger points and muscle pain. It is a very friendly method since it doesn’t use pressure like some of the other methods for treating trigger points and it instead uses finger massage of the points.

Magnesium is one of the known treatments of pain, which have proven effective and addiction free. Magnesium is known to relax muscles and hence it uses this principle to relief pain.

A remarkable principle in the mechanism of magnesium treatment is that of excessive stimulation of a brain chemical known as ‘NMDA.’

One of the advantages of magnesium as a treatment substance is that it is readily available since it can be found in supplement form at most of health food stores.

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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

July 15, 2014

Understanding the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) To Help Fight Addiction

PTSDThis is normally a condition that is actively acquired or develops after a terrifying ordeal that involved a physical harm. It is a mental problem mostly caused by terrifying event experiencing or witnessing it. The consequence of post-traumatic stress disorder is to have flashbacks, nightmares and sere anxiety. People who go through a traumatic event may take quite long time before they readjust to their normal life.

The leading source PSTD is traumatic event such as rape, torture, car accident, plane crash, bombing just to mention a few. However, there are some drugs which once they addict someone; the experience looks similar to the PSTD effects and therefore can be considered to cause PSTD. An example of such drug is bhang. Its addiction or long-term effects cause post-traumatic stress disorder, whereby the person’s mind sees things that are actually not there. For example the person could look at a given object which is not worthy drawing a human eye, keep looking at it for quite a long time, the suddenly lough loudly or run.

What are the symptoms of PTSD?

  • One of the common symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder is re-experiencing or flashbacks. Over and over the person will have the images of the event returning in the mind. It is an experience that none of the victims of PSTD will want to remember, due to its associated threat to life but it becomes unavoidable. This adds stress to the victim and may look distressed or depressed. In a bhang addict, the experience looks similar, but the situation is normally out of control of the victim and the meaning of life to the victim becomes void.
  • It is common that a victim of Post-traumatic stress disorder will avoid its symptoms. The person will avoid anything that is a reminder of the experience. In this symptom still, the person may begin to feel strongly guilty, faced with depression or losing interest in activities one used to like in the past. The person may have trouble remembering the hazardous event. Since the person starts to avoid symptoms of the event, it may cause a person to change his or her personal routine. For instance, if a person who was a pilot got a bad plane crash but escaped death narrowly, may decide to quite his former job even after fully recovering or event avoid flights in future not even as a pilot but as a passenger.
  • The victim may be faced with hyper arousal symptoms. The person’s live may change completely and begin to be living a tense life, having difficulty sleeping or even having angry outburst. Why does the person become tense and even miss sleep? This is because the hyper arousal symptoms are normally constant, instead of being activated by things that remind one of the traumatic events. While it is normal for human being to have these symptoms after a traumatic event, not all people return to their normal lives immediately. Some people take couple of weeks for the effect to go away. This is known as acute stress disorder. Likewise, not all people who lose these effects within weeks. Who some people it may take a good number of months before it disappears. This is known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Thus, the length which it takes before the effects disappear dictates the type of disorder it poses.

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Diagnosis of PTSD

As earlier stated, a person will only be considered a victim of Port-traumatic stress disorder after it persists for months. Thus, a conclusion cannot be made on whether a person is a victim of PTSD when he/she has just experienced the traumatic event. In other words, we must wait and watch over the victim and see whether the effects will persist for quite long, that’s when we will be able to conclude that the person is a Post-traumatic stress disorder victim.

The diagnosis of PTSD can be done by a professional or a doctor who has experience in helping people with mental illness. The professional will as questions to the victim to identify symptoms of PTSD. Are you wondering where you will get a professional to help you out in PTSD? You don’t have to worry anymore! AWAREmed has experienced professionals who will examine your problem and device the most appropriate treatment for you. Call us or visit us today.

How is PTSD treated?

One of the treatments of PTSD which has proven to be effective in the treatment of PTSD is psychotherapy. This therapy may work on its own, in form of “talk therapy” or be combined with medication treatment. Different forms of psychotherapy will work differently for different people. It is important that each patient is treated independently and be subjected to treatment that best suits him or her. In case the patient is having an ongoing trauma, both problems should be address for better results. Some of these ongoing problems can include depression, substance abuse just to mention a few. This therapy lasts for 6 to 12 weeks but it can vary depending with the patient’s status of PTSD.

Understanding the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) To Help Fight Addiction

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Drug abuse in the Military Forces

July 15, 2014

Drug abuse in the military forces – What is not known to the public

These are our men and women entrusted with securing our boarders. we have a duty to protect them from drug addiction for them to protect us effectively.

When defining drug addiction you will probably include in your definition the fact that addiction does not discriminate on personality or status or otherwise, this is very true and practical. The effects of drug abuse in our military forces has not been a topic of discussion the public for a very long time but his does not mean that the men and women in uniform do not suffer from the scourge of drug addiction. It may be true that the rate of illicit drug abuse may be lower among the military personnel compared to the civilians, but studies reveals that excessive use of alcohol and cigarette smoking are more dominant with the military forces compared to the civilian.

The kind of life lived in the confinement of barracks is that of forced respect to the superiors. It is forced because in most cases the rules require the officers to give a “yes sir” response irrespective of whether this is the correct response to be given. We all know that respect is earned and never forced on anyone. Again this trend normally causes stress to the officers who have no say whenever they are being deployed during wartime. Zero-tolerance policies and stigma pose difficulties in detecting and treating substance use problems in military personnel this is also compounded by lack of confidentiality which discourages many who may require treatment from pursuing it.

Those with multiple deployments and combat exposure are at greatest risk of developing substance use problems. They are more apt to engage in new-onset heavy weekly drinking and binge drinking, to suffer alcohol- and other drug-related problems, and to have greater prescribed use of behavioral health medications. They are also more likely to start smoking or relapse to smoking.

Illegal and Prescription Drugs

The question of drug abuse in the forces much as it is real it has not been very much rampant compared to the abuse among the civilians. The use of illicit drugs has been very minimal mainly because of the strict adherence to the zero tolerance rule for drug use among the department of Defense (DoD) this is according to the studies conducted by DoD. This decrease has been on the decline since this rule was first introduced about two decades ago. This zero tolerance policy is at the moment being applied without notice to the soldiers by running frequent tests on the soldiers. The consequences of testing positive to any illicit substance are very stern and the soldiers found positive can be unceremoniously be dismissed from the force besides being prosecuted in the court of law.

It is also interesting to note that despite efforts made to contain the use of illegal substances in the forces the same has not been properly done to the abuse of prescription drugs which statistics has revealed to be on the increase and is being abused almost on a willing basis and in relation to the civilian population. The same report of DoD indicated that misuse of prescription drugs in the forces went up progressively from just 2% in the year 2002 to 11% in 2008 that is a hooping 9% increase with opioid pain medications being misused the most by the service members.

This great misuse is attributed to the fact that these drugs are easily available and are commonly prescribed to them from time to time for pain relieving reasons. The urge to using the pain relieving prescription drugs is necessitated by the fact that service men normally attain injuries in the line of duty and are consistently straining as a result of bearing the burden of carrying heavy equipment during multiple deployments rendering them to have consistent body aches.

Drinking and Smoking

The men and women in uniform are also rooted in the use of alcohol and cigarette smoking as compared to the civilian population. Studies established that close to half of active duty service members (that is about 47%) reported binge drinking. This behavior is common especially with those service men and women with high combat exposer.

Suicides and Substance Use

Suicide rates in the military were traditionally lower than among civilians in the same age range, but in 2004 the suicide rate in the U.S. Army began to climb, surpassing the civilian rate in 2008. Substance use is involved in many of these suicides. The 2010 report of the Army Suicide Prevention Task Force found that 29 percent of active duty Army suicides from fiscal year (FY) 2005 to FY 2009 involved alcohol or drug use; and in 2009, prescription drugs were involved in almost one third of them.

Addressing the Problem

There can never be a problem without a solution. From our discussion it is evident that drugs abuse is alive and kicking within the forces. Finding solutions must be prioritized to keep our states safe because we all know what addiction can do to our lives and especially if the victim is one entrusted with the protection of lives of many defenseless citizens. Therefore it is important that:

  • The authorities must ensure that proper investigations is done and adopt increasing the use of evidence-based prevention and treatment interventions and expanding access to care.
  • There is need to broadening insurance coverage to include effective outpatient treatments and better equipping healthcare providers to recognize and screen for substance use problems so they can refer patients to appropriate, evidence-based treatment when needed.
  • It is also necessary that measures be taken towards limiting access to alcohol on bases.
  • It is also important that in addressing substance use in the military there is need to ensure patient/individuals confidentiality and shifting a cultural climate in which drug problems are stigmatized and evoke fear in people suffering from them.
  • Proper controls must be put in place limiting the duration of prescriptions for opioid pain relievers to 6 months and having a pharmacist monitor soldier’s medications when multiple prescriptions are being used

Finally doing all these are very necessary however it must be known that substance abuse is a medical condition which needs medical solution. Seeking the services of an experience medical doctor is very important. A visit at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center a medical facility founded by Doctor Akoury is the best place you can be when addiction knock your door. At this facility doctor Akoury together with her experience team of experts will not help your condition get better but they will also focus on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE. This is the place you need to be for ant addiction related problem and you will have your life back in and with the real addiction professionals.

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