A speedball is a drug mixture. When a person blends heroin and cocaine, usually into a syringe to be injected, they are doing a ‘speedball.’…
Buprenorphine is a medication that can be used for the treatment of moderate to severe opioid addictions. People who take this medication are often prescribed…
Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is a drug that reverses an opioid overdose quickly. It is what is called an opioid antagonist. This essentially means…
Opioids are highly addictive narcotic medications that work in the brain to help relieve moderate to severe pain issues. These substances bind to the opioid…
Suboxone (Buprenorphine/Naloxone) is a medication that is used to treat opioid use disorder; it contains 2 different ingredients, buprenorphine, and naloxone. Buprenorphine is a partial…
The number of drug-related overdose deaths that take place throughout the United States on an annual basis continues to increase every single year. According to…
Loperamide is an over the counter medication that controls diarrhea. It is also available in higher strengths with a prescription. Loperamide acts on the same…
Addicted individuals are often looking for ways to enhance or increase the effects of opioids or other drugs by combining substances. The term to describe…