Medication
This medication is an antihistamine medication that comes in capsule or tablet form and used for primarily for acute anxiety.
What is Vistaril or Atarax (hydroxyzine)
The acronym COWS stands for this
What is Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale?
This physical response occurs when substance use is reduced or stopped, often leading to further use to alleviate symptoms.
What is Withdrawal?
What is a depressant?
This medication is a natural hormone, sold over the counter, used to help with sleep.
What is melatonin
What are Valium and Ativan?
Over time, a person may need more of a substance to achieve the desired effect.
What is tolerance?
The acronym CSS stands for this
What is Clinical Stabilization Services?
A medication used here either under the tongue, as an oral pill, or IM injection to treat nausea
What is Zofran?
2 medications that are used to treat opiate w/d sx at HNE
What are Methadone and Suboxone (Subutex)?
An intense feeling that compels an individual to seek and use a substance.
What is a craving?
Sweating, shaking, nausea, and severe anxiety are common withdrawal symptoms from this widely consumed depressant
What is Alcohol?
A medication that was originally manufactured as to treat blood pressure, but now used primarily in the detox process to treat multiple w/d sx, including anxiety, sweats, restlessness.
What is clonidine?
A medication used to treat ETOH cravings
This is an inability to maintain behavior change or sobriety over time.
What is a lapse/relapse?
Restlessness, muscle aches, diarrhea, and intense cravings are key withdrawal symptoms of this class of drugs.
What are opiates?
A non-habit forming medication used to treat general, or chronic anxiety?
What is Topiramate (Topamax) or Baclofen?
The process by which the body rids itself of a drug and/or alcohol.
What is detoxification?
What is Post-acute withdrawal syndrome?