WELSH TOWN TALES Documentary series filmed over a year, following the stories of people living in and around Llanelli. This once-mighty industrial town struggles to survive the chill winds of recession. With bankruptcy looming, the local firm of Spencer Davies Engineering tries to stave off the receivers, Pembrey Airport attempts to expand the local tourist [...]
Chemically-assisted detox, replacement therapy, recovery-pharmocotherapy are current buzzwords in addiction treatment. Five years ago these would have been viewed as oxymoronic. Today, our understanding of the brain has advanced the development of more drugs to treat addiction then almost any other health problem. We as a society believe there is a pill for whatever ails [...]
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Chemically-assisted detox, replacement therapy, recovery-pharmocotherapy are current buzzwords in addiction treatment. Five years ago these would have been viewed as oxymoronic. Today, our understanding of the brain has advanced the development of more drugs to treat addiction then almost any other health problem. We as a society believe there is a pill for whatever ails [...]
“This is really a breakthrough in that we finally have something to treat these really difficult to treat patients.” The FDA approved SGN-35 as a treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in August 2011. It is the first FDA-approved Hodgkin’s treatment since 1977. The drug is also used to treat other rare types of lymphoma such as [...]
Addiction is a family disease that passes from generation to generation. Prevention is the key to this rising problem in North America. Edgewood Treatment Centre in Nanaimo, British Columbia, has extended its family treatment approach to include an innovative program for children called Bounce-Back. The program is designed especially to deal with the needs of [...]
The abuse of prescription drugs is quickly becoming an epidemic. They’re easy to get and simple to distribute. Gone are the days when people need to go to a seedy street corner to get high. Now, they just need to go to a medicine cabinet or visit the doctor. While many communities are just beginning [...]
Karen Young, MD, Medical Director, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Fitness Clinic, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, UAMS, Little Rock, AR (Obesity: Young & Old, Nov. 2009)
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Drugs known to cause addiction include both legal and illegal drugs as well as prescription or over-the-counter drugs, according to the definition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Stimulants (psychic addiction, moderate to severe; withdrawal is purely psychological and psychosomatic): Amphetamine and methamphetamine Cocaine Nicotine Caffeine Sedatives and hypnotics (psychic addiction, [...]