Drugs are explained as chemicals or substances that change the way one’s body works by affecting a person’s mental or physical state. Each drug causes different physical reactions, depending on the type of…
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Addiction, also known as substance use disorder (SUD), is a chronic, complex brain disorder, and is listed as such in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). The Mayo…
The term opiate is often incorrectly used synonymously with the term opioid. All opiates are accurately categorized as opioids, but not all opioids are opiates. While opioids encompass all-natural, semisynthetic, and synthetic opioids,…
Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant that works by slowing down vital functions in one’s body. The feelings elicited when an individual ingests alcohol occurs because of the way the substance interacts…
Detoxification, colloquially known as detox, is the process that rids one’s body of foreign substances. Every individual is unique and will have a nuanced reaction to different drugs when they are introduced into…
Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant that works by slowing down vital functions in one’s body. The feelings elicited when an individual ingests alcohol occurs because of the way the substance interacts…
Alcohol is a psychoactive, central nervous system depressant that works by slowing down vital functions in one’s body. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains “ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, is an…
Substance use disorder (SUD), colloquially known as addiction, is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as a chronic, relapsing brain disorder. It is characterized by compulsively…
Pain is a term used by people to describe an unpleasant sensation (often associated with tissue damage) that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony. Pain is typically classified as either acute…
A review in the National Library of Medicine explains that from a strictly biological perspective, “pain is an activation of the sensory nervous system’s nociceptive and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and has been described as…
