Recovery Medications
This medication can reverse an opioid overdose
Narcan (naloxone)
Bonus question: How can you get a Narcan kit?
Substance with a high death rate in the U.S., higher than suicide
Fentanyl
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?
Name 3 self-help groups for people in recovery
AA, NA, GA, SMART...
This medication for both alcohol and opioid recovery comes as both a daily pill and a four week intramuscular injection
Naltrexone (vivitrol)
Bonus question: what labs need to be normal to get this medication?
the fastest addicting drug
Nicotine
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
Name 1 contact info of National Problem Gambling Helpline
Name one vitamin that is commonly prescribed to help people in early recovery
Possible answers:
Multivitamin
Vitamin D
B12
Thiamine
Folic acid
What does HALT stand for?
HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY, TIRED
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)?
Name 1 difference between SMART and AA
Less emphasis on higher power, more on evidence-based therapy methods (SMART toolkits)
People are expected to graduate from the group
More positive view about MAT
No sponsorship, led by trained volunteer
This medication for opioid recovery works by partially blocking the opioid receptors and may come as a dissolvable film
Buprenorphine (suboxone/subutex)
Name an example of an external relapse trigger.
People, places, activities, objects, and situations
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.
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.
Antabuse (disulfiram)
The substance that messes up most pathways in your brain
Alcohol
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)?
What is this:
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change
the courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time,
enjoying one moment at a time.
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace.
Taking, as he did, the sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that he will make all things right
if I surrender to His will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with Him forever.
What is Serenity Prayer? (give a quote)