Posts Tagged ‘addictions’
Drug Addiction and Eating Disorders
As eating disorders and various types of addictions have been diagnosed and studied for some time, interesting correlations are being made between that of drug addiction and eating disorders.
At one time, it was thought that eating disorders we simply related to unhealthy attitudes about food and various psychological conditions, but now other relationships are being discovered. For instance, it is theorized that some eating disorders are caused by drug addiction. This is not to say that the reasons for the drug addiction are not similar in nature to those that cause eating disorders, only that there may not be a direct causal relationship. There may be other cause and effect relationships that occur. Here is an example.
It has been discovered that some folks who are addicted to certain types of opiates don’t eat as much because the food interferes with the effects of the drugs. This lack of eating can continue and eventually lead to a full blown eating disorder. Another scenario that can exist is that of purging. Some narcotics have the effect of making a person nauseous and therefore lead to them throwing up. This throwing up constantly leads to them losing weight. They may like how they look and continue the practice of purging whether or not the drugs are in their system. Read the rest of this entry »
To stop smoking, nicotine patches for longer
A study by the University of Pennsylvania said that treatments with these products extend over months that the recommended increase the chances of quitting.
Treatment with nicotine patches that are left in patients six months, and not the two recommendations would be much more effective in helping you quit smoking, according to new research published yesterday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
The study was conducted by the School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Caryn Lerman, the author remarked that these new findings should serve to modify and give a new spin on smoking cessation treatments.
The research involved 568 people who used the nicotine patch Nicoderm Code and after six months, patches inactive. Read the rest of this entry »
Addiction to drugs and treatment seeking
Faced with the various drug addictions, whatever drugs, different forms of treatment. In all cases, the therapeutic aspect is essential for effective rehabilitation and for security to prevent a relapse.
Factors that may lead an individual to a drug consumption are diverse, and the reasons leading to such drug abuse. In the event that an individual pass a drug test to be subordinate to it, there are psychological factors that influence and determine the situation.
Psychological factors to which they relate, involve a number of problems and difficult situations that culminate in a drug abuse, and few cases of addiction and dependency by choice. Read the rest of this entry »