Recovery Medications
This medication, which comes and both nasal spray and injectable forms can reverse an opioid overdose
What is narcan (naloxone)?
Bonus question: if interested in getting a narcan kit--how do you get one?
This actress known for movies like Halloween and Freaky Friday was recently on the cover of People Magazine with the headline "How I beat opioid addiction"
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
Name a disease that is screened for when you are in early recovery
Possible answers: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, vitamin D deficiency, thyroid disease, diabetes, high cholesterol
Unlike regular chewing gum, nicotine gum must be used this way to get the most benefit
What is stored in the cheek at the gum line?
This physician helped Bill W. with his recovery from alcohol use.
Who is Dr. Bob?
This medication for both alcohol and opioid recovery comes as both a daily pill and a four week intramuscular injection
What is naltrexone (vivitrol)?
Bonus question: what labs need to be normal to get this medication?
This Star Wars actress wrote several memoirs about or her mental health and addiction issues including the book "Postcards from the Edge."
Who is Carrie Fisher?
Name 2 medical consequences of smoking cigarettes
Possible answers: lung cancer, COPD, stroke, heart disease, wrinkles, dental issues
In addition to tobacco, name another product that is found in cigarettes
Acceptable answers: acetone, tar, carbon monoxide, arsenic, benzene, butane, ammonia
This is a Christ-centered, 12 based recovery meeting, that often incorporates Bible scriptures to support recovery work.
What is Celebrate Recovery?
Name one vitamin that is commonly prescribed to help people in early recovery
Possible answers:
Multivitamin
Vitamin D
B12
Thiamine
Folic acid
This Detroit rapper recently posted on Instagram his ten year coin
Who is Eminem?
This vitamin, which can be found in several foods and from sunlight, when low can negatively affect mood, energy, and calcium absorption
What is Vitamin D?
Bonus question: name one food source of vitamin D
This medication for smoking cessation works as a pill you take daily that helps block nicotine receptors and one side effect to watch for is vivid dreams
What is Chantix (varenicline)?
This is a Buddhist-based community recovery meeting that includes meditation and the 4 Truths of Addiction as:
1. Addiction Causes Suffering
2. The cause of addiction is repetitive craving.
3. Recovery is possible.
4. The path to recovery is available.
What is Refuse Recovery?
This medication for opioid recovery works by partially blocking the opioid receptors and comes as a dissolvable film
What is buprenorphine (suboxone/subutex)?
This first lady was the spokesperson for the "Just Say No"campaign to stop drug use in the 80s
Who is Nancy Reagan?
This virus, which is larger than the HIV virus, causes inflammation of the liver, which can lead to liver failure or hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer).
What is Hepatitis C?
Bonus question: how can Hepatitis C be acquired?
2nd bonus question: how is it treated?
Name two forms of nicotine replacement
Possible answers: gum, patch, lozenge, inhaler
This is the year that book "Alcoholics Anonymous" was first published. Other events that year include "The Grapes of Wrath" is also published, Lou Gehrig gives his "Luckiest man alive" speech, and the Germans invaded Poland.
What is 1939?
This medication for alcohol recovery causes a violent reaction of vomiting, flushing, and elevated blood pressure if a person drinks alcohol while taking it.
What is antabuse (disulfiram)?
This Avengers star who famously had a number of legal issues in the 90s due to drug use has famously said "I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol & narcotics. I break out in handcuffs."
Who is Robert Downey Jr?
Name two medical consequences of cocaine use
Possible answers: heart disease, heart attack, stroke, sinus issues, nasal septum erosion
This medication, which is also an antidepressant, can be given to help quit smoking as well as depression
What is wellbutrin (bupropion)?
This tenant of recovery meetings is said to have several roots including writings from Jewish philosophers, Buddhist scripture, St. Francis Assisi, and theologians.
What is the Serenity Prayer?