Can Xanax, the very popular prescription drug that soothes anxiety, make a mess of your life? Absolutely, it can -- and not just because it’s highly addictive. It can easily kill you if you take too much of it. Frighteningly, we are seeing that increasingly as people are dying... or driving so uhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifnsafely that they might kill others.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Xanax is old -- it was first marketed in 1981 -- but boy, has our society had a hard time learning to deal with it safely. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a report announcing that Xanax has become one of the leading causes of drug overdose in the state of Florida, where fatal overdoses of prescription drugs are now four times as common as those caused by illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine. (A news story in the St. Petersburg Times reported that Xanax is turning up along with alcohol in the blood of an alarming number of people arrested for driving "under the influence.") According to a recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services, benzodiazepines are more commonly used for "recreational" purposes than opioids -- and among them, Xanax is the most commonly misused. Thirty years after it was introduced, what we have with Xanax looks to be a serious problem in the making.
Xanax (or alprazolam, its generic name), an anti-anxiety medication, is a controlled substance for which US doctors wrote 37.5 million prescriptions last year, nearly 40% more than five years ago. Why does a 30-year-old drug experience such a radical surge in popularity? It is prescribed as a treatment for panic attacks and general anxiety disorder, but many people who have no particular medical condition take it episodically, on an as-needed basis, simply as a way to get through life’s typical stressful situations -- such as disagreements with a spouse... a presentation or performance review at work... flying in stormy weather. And many doctors are only too happy to let fly Xanax prescriptions for these uses. All this doesn't even take into account the illegal usage that takes place with Xanax.
The benefits of taking Xanax aren’t worth the risk. The side effects of Xanax include drowsiness, clumsiness, difficulty walking, slurred speech and loss of libido. Xanax is faster-acting than Klonopin and Valium and has a shorter half-life, which means people may need to take multiple doses over the course of the day to maintain whatever benefits they can derive. A patient may be prescribed, say, two to four pills a day and end up taking even more as his body acclimates to the drug. It takes just a few months for physical dependence to develop and with dependence comes a multitude of difficulties when it comes to withdrawal. There’s also a psychological dependence at play, a particular problem with anxious people who end up being anxious about their anxiety, taking more pills -- and ending up with a problem that spins out of control. Xanax (or taking it in combination with other drugs such as narcotics) can cause serious reactions, including respiratory depression, cessation of breathing -- it can even cause the heart to stop beating. Another major problem: In older people, the drug is especially prone to impair balance. Research has shown that benzodiazepine drugs are the cause for many falls in the elderly.
So, yet again we seem to have wound our way back to the same conclusion -- not only does taking a pill to make a problem go away usually not work, in this case it makes the problem worse. If you are in the habit of taking Xanax for your anxiety, you’ve gotten reason to look for an alternative!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Marijuana Can be a Harmful Drug
A lot of people believe marijuana to be a somewhat harmless drug. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. This article gives you just a brief idea of some of the harmful effects of marijuana.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Marijuana is the common name for a drug from the plant Cannabis sativa. The main active ingredient in marijuana is "THC" = delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. There are 400 other chemicals in the plant as well. The strength of today's marijuana is as much as ten times greater than the marijuana used in the early 1970s.
Here are some facts about THC:
* Application of Cannabis tar to animal skin resulted in tumor production.
* "Regular chronic use may result in reproductive effects in males including decreased testicular size, testosterone levels, sperm count and motility, and abnormalities in sperm." Breasts may enlarge in males.
* "Females may experience a high frequency of abnormal periods, less ovulation and decreased prolactin levels." (Decreased prolactin hormone levels means that the pituitary, the master gland, is degenerating and producing less of its hormone called prolactin.)
* Repeated ingestion may result in..."apathy, dullness, anxiety, panic, aggressiveness, disorientation, confusion, clouding of mental processes with impaired judgement and memory, loss of perspective, reduced motivation and acute insecurity".
* "Weight gain may occur..."
* THC is a "central nervous system depressant. Toxins may also affect the respiratory, cardiovascular and immune systems."
Marijuana use has been correlated by numerous studies with the development of anxiety, psychosis, and depression.
The American Cancer Society says: "Many researchers agree that marijuana contains known carcinogens, or chemicals that can cause cancer...Some researchers caution that... smoking marijuana may decrease reproductive function, cause lung disease, and increase the risk of cancer of the lungs, mouth, and tongue. It may also curb the body's immune system and increase the risk of leukemia in children whose mothers smoke marijuana during pregnancy. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not use marijuana."
Unfortunately, chemicals from marijuana can stay in the body for decades, stored in the fatty tissues. If someone does a fast, cleanse, or weight-losshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif program, marijuana residues can dislodge and drift back into the bloodstream. People can then re-experience the marijuana and its effects.
When someone takes in or detoxifies marijuana, there is an immediate burn-up of vitamins and minerals in the body. These resulting nutritional deficiencies cause other symptoms, on top of the usual effects from marijuana.
If you or someone you know has a serious drug problem visit http://best-drugrehab.com or call 888-774-2345.
Marijuana is the common name for a drug from the plant Cannabis sativa. The main active ingredient in marijuana is "THC" = delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. There are 400 other chemicals in the plant as well. The strength of today's marijuana is as much as ten times greater than the marijuana used in the early 1970s.
Here are some facts about THC:
* Application of Cannabis tar to animal skin resulted in tumor production.
* "Regular chronic use may result in reproductive effects in males including decreased testicular size, testosterone levels, sperm count and motility, and abnormalities in sperm." Breasts may enlarge in males.
* "Females may experience a high frequency of abnormal periods, less ovulation and decreased prolactin levels." (Decreased prolactin hormone levels means that the pituitary, the master gland, is degenerating and producing less of its hormone called prolactin.)
* Repeated ingestion may result in..."apathy, dullness, anxiety, panic, aggressiveness, disorientation, confusion, clouding of mental processes with impaired judgement and memory, loss of perspective, reduced motivation and acute insecurity".
* "Weight gain may occur..."
* THC is a "central nervous system depressant. Toxins may also affect the respiratory, cardiovascular and immune systems."
Marijuana use has been correlated by numerous studies with the development of anxiety, psychosis, and depression.
The American Cancer Society says: "Many researchers agree that marijuana contains known carcinogens, or chemicals that can cause cancer...Some researchers caution that... smoking marijuana may decrease reproductive function, cause lung disease, and increase the risk of cancer of the lungs, mouth, and tongue. It may also curb the body's immune system and increase the risk of leukemia in children whose mothers smoke marijuana during pregnancy. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not use marijuana."
Unfortunately, chemicals from marijuana can stay in the body for decades, stored in the fatty tissues. If someone does a fast, cleanse, or weight-losshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif program, marijuana residues can dislodge and drift back into the bloodstream. People can then re-experience the marijuana and its effects.
When someone takes in or detoxifies marijuana, there is an immediate burn-up of vitamins and minerals in the body. These resulting nutritional deficiencies cause other symptoms, on top of the usual effects from marijuana.
If you or someone you know has a serious drug problem visit http://best-drugrehab.com or call 888-774-2345.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The Reason for Detox in Drug Rehab
When a person does the detox that is done in the drug rehab program recommended by this web site, which is Narconon, there are many unanticipated wins that the person will have. Individuals will very often comment http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifthat they feel just like they did before http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifthey got started on drugs; alive, with energy and a clear head.
Interestingly enough, the detox doesn’t only help remove the toxins that you were addicted to but even things you took earlier in life that you may have considered harmless such as cough syrups, over the counter pain pills, like Tylenol, and even toxins from the environment such as pesticides. Empirical evidence that this is so is that when these toxins are coming out of your body through the detoxification procedure a person often experiences the same or similar phenomena that he went through while taking the drug or inadvertently absorbing the toxin. For example, there are cases on record of people “running out” symptoms that they received from being around Agent Orange as soldiers in Vietnam. Less dramatically, but still significant, will be rashes, smells of toxins and even body aches and pains comparable to those experienced while taking various drugs, over the counter and otherwise. Another case in point is people have even experienced Novocain from dental work restimulate and leave the body. That is, feeling the Novocain just like they did when they received the shot and then after a short while it is gone - and this time forever.
The symptoms one goes through are not as long lasting as they were, originally, in most cases, or as severe but they are often easily recognizable by the person going through it. Symptoms people have felt during or after operations are also “run out.”
One might wonder, “Why do I want to go through all of that again?” There’s a very simple answer to that. You can either get rid of all the toxins over a few weeks period and get through it very fast or you can let these toxins slowly deteriorate you and your body over years and ultimately be suffering from these drug residues for the rest of your life. For my money, the choice is extremely simple. I would want to get cleaned out now!
In having supervised hundreds of people through this detox I’ve never heard anyone say it was not worth what they had to go through to get the result. The result is a purified body and the person will know the difference.
Call 888-774-2345 for more information.
Interestingly enough, the detox doesn’t only help remove the toxins that you were addicted to but even things you took earlier in life that you may have considered harmless such as cough syrups, over the counter pain pills, like Tylenol, and even toxins from the environment such as pesticides. Empirical evidence that this is so is that when these toxins are coming out of your body through the detoxification procedure a person often experiences the same or similar phenomena that he went through while taking the drug or inadvertently absorbing the toxin. For example, there are cases on record of people “running out” symptoms that they received from being around Agent Orange as soldiers in Vietnam. Less dramatically, but still significant, will be rashes, smells of toxins and even body aches and pains comparable to those experienced while taking various drugs, over the counter and otherwise. Another case in point is people have even experienced Novocain from dental work restimulate and leave the body. That is, feeling the Novocain just like they did when they received the shot and then after a short while it is gone - and this time forever.
The symptoms one goes through are not as long lasting as they were, originally, in most cases, or as severe but they are often easily recognizable by the person going through it. Symptoms people have felt during or after operations are also “run out.”
One might wonder, “Why do I want to go through all of that again?” There’s a very simple answer to that. You can either get rid of all the toxins over a few weeks period and get through it very fast or you can let these toxins slowly deteriorate you and your body over years and ultimately be suffering from these drug residues for the rest of your life. For my money, the choice is extremely simple. I would want to get cleaned out now!
In having supervised hundreds of people through this detox I’ve never heard anyone say it was not worth what they had to go through to get the result. The result is a purified body and the person will know the difference.
Call 888-774-2345 for more information.
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