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Alcohol Treatment Centre
An alcohol treatment centre is a licensed clinic that specialises in the screening, assessment and treatment of alcoholism and related disorders. It’s rare in this day and age to find an alcoholic without co-occurring issues, perhaps co-morbidity such as depression / bi-polar or perhaps other substance abuse along with alcoholism. Quality alcohol detox & treatment […]
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A stimulant, often illegally produced and sold to addicted people. Amphetamine is a stimulant that can be used to increase wakefulness.  Amphetamine reduces fatigue and appetite. It can only be used legally with a prescription but is commonly abused recreationally. Amphetamine affects three major neurochemicals – dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine. Even though these neurochemicals are responsible for […]
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An antagonist is medicine that thwarts the effects of another drug. An antagonist is a substance that blocks the effects of another specified drug; for example, naltrexone is an antagonist for opioids, and antabuse is an antagonist for alcohol. Antagonists are used in the treatment of addiction and alcoholism. However, this is unlikely to keep an alcoholic or […]
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Buprenorphine (Subutex) is  an opiate antagonist, a relatively new drug in the fight against addiction. See a more detaield description of its use combating opiate addiction here.
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To cease using chemicals to which the person is addicted to. When a person is abstinent, they avoid all mind altering substances completely. To completely abstain (refrain) from the use of any substance or engaging in any behaviours or habits which the individual has come to recognise as harmful to themselves and others, or which […]
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