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95Why Heroin Addicts Can't Recover
They can get better. Lets lay that out there before going any further. In many cases, however, heroin addicts make repeated attempts to “get clean” that fail almost before they get off the ground. Almost everyone has heard a heart wrenching...
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94Morphine Affected Me with Low Blood Pressure
I'm not a doctor, nor do I have even the tiniest bit of medical training, so I am not claiming to know anything other than how morphine affects me. Have you had any ill effects from the drug?
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95A Survivor's Guide to Total Hip Replacement Surgery
Since my early 40's, I have been intermittently visited by curious aches and pains in my legs. Still relatively young, I ignored these annoyances and continued on with raising a child. I recall, however, hitting myself on my thighs to relieve the...
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78Recovery: Horizontal Laparotomy, Right Salpingo Oophorectomy, and Appendectomy
Since 2005 I have experienced abdominal pain. I went to many Doctors all of whom had a different personal opinion on what was wrong with me, none of their opinions included a search for the cause of pain only treatment of it. I have a very high...
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78The History of Drugs
Drugs have not always been illegal. Some drugs were even advertised as being safe, even for small children. Drugs have played a part in almost every culture around the world for thousands of years including alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, opium, and...
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85The abstinence verses the harm reduction model of addiction treatment contrasted
In this piece I am going to first define abstinence, harm reduction, heroin and HIV. Then i’m going to compare and contrast the abstinence model versus the harm reduction model in relation to a person who uses heroin and has also HIV under...
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69The Poisons of Agatha Christe
Agatha Christie remains one of the most popular and famous of mystery writers. She often used poison to dispatch her victims. This hub article covers some of the common, and readily available, poisons she used, plus also the not-so common poisons.
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75Why Mine Didn't Work - Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG)
If you have read my Hub about my Heart Bypass Surgery, you know that it was a pretty traumatic thing for me to go through. That is why I was so glad when I was told it would add roughly 15 good years to my...
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87Truth vs. Myth About Methadone Treatment
According to Emmett Velten, Ph. D., rumors thrive under two conditions: high emotion, and a lack of education. "The rumors and mythology surrounding methadone treatment may differ from normal rumors, because the emotionality surrounding methadone...
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75Poppy Seeds Protect Your Bones
Poppy is an ancient plan, it has been cultivated for over 3000 years. It is a medicinal herb and it has been effective in treating several diseases. Poppy seeds have a lot of positive nutritional benefits, so adding them to your diet is a good way to maintain your health.
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