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According to a new study published in the journal Surgical Endoscopy, a third of patients in Michigan who elected to have weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) between 2018 and 2020 had a high risk of a prescription drug overdose. Alarmingly, following their surgeries, these high-risk patients were far more likely…
According to new projections from a team of scientists working with the FDA, the opioid crisis will worsen in the next ten years, claiming more than a half-million additional lives. In the last 23 years, opioids have killed 650,000 Americans. What is particularly disturbing about this new projection is the…
Matt is the reason we do what we do… The challenges began while Matt was a student at Tufts University. He and his lacrosse buddies started abusing Xanax, Vicodin, Oxycontin, and basically whatever they could get their hands on. An addiction to Oxy followed that required constant re-supply. Thinking he…
Medical researchers have long known that cocaine works by binding to brain cells, stopping those cells from absorbing the feel-good chemical known as dopamine. As dopamine accumulates between brain cells, feelings of reward and pleasure are enhanced. Scientists have even identified regions on brain cells most affected by moderate to…
The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention (CDC) now reports that 107,622 people died from a drug overdose in 2021. That’s up 15% from 2020 when 93,655 people died from that cause. Deaths involving opioids also jumped 15% in 2021, rising from 70,029 in 2020 to 80,816 in 2021. And…
One-in-three Americans will develop a substance abuse disorder (SUD) in their lifetimes. New research sheds light on the impact of developing an addiction to drugs and or alcohol in adolescence, and the news is disturbing. According to a new study from the University of Michigan, published in JAMA Network Open[i]…
Law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are reporting an alarming rise in the number of drugs seized containing fentanyl, according to a new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Fentanyl is 30-50 times more potent than heroin and is now a significant driver of overdose deaths in…
A new study is showing that medication-assisted treatment of opioid use disorder is being vastly under-utilized. The report can be found in JAMA Network Open[i] and was authored by researchers from the Rutgers School of Public Health and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. While medication-assisted treatment for opioid…
According to a study recently published in the journal Pediatrics by researchers from Rutgers University, benzodiazepines (BZD), like Xanax, or psychostimulants, like Adderall, drugs commonly prescribed to treat mental health issues, are increasingly the cause of overdoses among teens and young adults. How big is the problem? According to the…
Many who are dependent on alcohol, opiates, or benzodiazepines may require a medically supervised withdrawal – often referred to as detoxing. For most, detox involves inpatient care. Now Aware Recovery Care is offering a first-of-its-kind alternative. It's a fully individualized in-home detox program called In-Home Withdrawal Management (IHWM), and it's…
