With opioid dependency at epidemic levels, Catherine Browne, a doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine, provides an accessible and practical guide to the effective use of natural therapies in helping people wean off opioids, manage withdrawal symptoms, and address pain without opioids. Drawing on her extensive clinical experience, Dr. Browne explains how Chinese medicine, acupuncture and acupressure, herbs, essential oils, nutritional supplements, meditation, and exercise can be used to address addiction and restore the body to optimal functioning. Individuals and families who are struggling with addiction, as well as medical practitioners and holistic healthcare professionals, will find help and encouragement in Dr. Browne’s detailed protocols and advice for integrating natural therapies with traditional medical treatment. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

A guide to designing a personal program to break your addictions safely, gently, and naturally • Shares herbs, supplements, natural remedies, and alternative practices that can help liberate you from habitual substance use, ease the withdrawal period, cleanse the body of toxins, and combat depression, anxiety, fatigue, and stress • Offers specific advice and remedies for individual addictive substances and behaviors, including sugar, caffeine, alcohol, opioids, tobacco, and tranquilizers • Explores the potential of psychedelic therapy for overcoming addiction and addresses how cannabis can be of benefit for recovery, without being misused Addiction affects more people than any other disease. Breaking a habit can be ­daunting--it’s hard to know where to begin beyond quitting “cold turkey.” But just as habits can be acquired, they can be broken. Others have done it, and so can you! In this holistic guide to beating addiction, Brigitte Mars details how to replace negative habits and behaviors with positive healthy ones and safely support your body, mind, and spirit for a successful recovery. The author shares specific herbs, supplements, homeopathic remedies, flower essences, behavioral therapy, and alternative practices, such as meditation and yoga, that can help liberate you from habitual substance use and ease the withdrawal period as well as methods for cleansing the body of toxins and healthy ways to combat depression, anxiety, fatigue, and stress. She looks in depth at individual addictive substances and behaviors, including sugar, caffeine, alcohol, opioids, tobacco, and tranquilizers, offering specific advice and remedies for each. She shows how each technique can be used in conjunction with conventional therapies, such as psychotherapy, methadone, or Alcoholics Anonymous. Drawing on recent research, she also explores the enormous potential of psychedelic therapy for overcoming addiction and, with the spreading legalization of cannabis, she addresses how this plant can be of benefit for recovery, without being misused. Offering advice on designing a personal program to break your addictions, the author also shows how to use natural remedies to maintain your new energy and vitality as you walk the road to recovery.

Pappagallo (neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; chronic pain, Beth Israel Medical Center) compiles the latest work from international contributors on the scientific basis of pain medicine, issues related to the pain physician, pain syndromes and disorders, and therapies. Some topics examined include opioid pharmacology, brain imaging of

A textbook for students and comprehensive reference for professionals in any field that deals with substance abuse. Retains chapters from the 1981 and 1992 editions on the sociology, evaluation, and treatment of particular populations; offers new information on the relation of psychopathology, psychiatric diagnoses, and methods and programs for treating patients with dual diagnoses; and adds new chapters on the related addictions of gambling, sex, and cults. Whenever possible, materials on treatment modalities provide process and outcome data to help workers evaluate them and make referrals. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This is the pocket version of 'Drugs fact and comparisons' (DFC), a loose-leaf drug information service published in the USA. This version is designed to provide an easy to use, concise, portable tool for daily practice at the point of care. Aimed at professionals, it gives information on over 600 generic drugs, with 2000 plus representative trade names. It is organised in twelve therapeutic categories to enable identification and comparison of similar agents. The categories are nutritionals, blood modifiers, hormones, cardiovasculars, respiratories, CNS drugs, gastrointestinals, anti-infectives, biologicals, topicals, antieoplastics and miscellaneous. Product tables which list trade names, methods of dosage, strengths and manufacturers are given at the beginning of each drug description. Actions, indications, contraindications, warnings, drug interactions and significant adverse reactions are also included.

For 46 years, the book you can turn to for accurate and reliable information on prescription drugs. It offers the most up-to-date information on prescription drugs manufactured by hundreds of pharmaceutical companies. The new edition also contains drug products from new manufacturers never before on the market, as well as expanded and updated information on almost 3,000 new and previously listed products. Extensively cross-referenced, PDR is the source that gives complete FDA information on each medication listed.

Comprehensive drug information reference source intended for health professionals. Arranged by therapeutic drug classes. Each entry (monograph) gives detailed information covering such topics as actions, adverse reactions, and overdosage. General index.