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The ABCs of MAT—Medically Assisted Treatment—including Commonly Used Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder (Alcoholism)

The ABCs of MAT—Medically Assisted Treatment—including Commonly Used Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder (Alcoholism)

If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol—either alcohol abuse or alcohol dependency/alcoholism—Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) may be the “game-changer” to consider. MAT is, in essence, the use of medications combined with behavioral therapies to help people recover from any substance use disorder (in this case, alcohol use disorder). Numerous research studies have…

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Does Mental Health Treatment Come Before Addiction Treatment?

Many people struggle with mental health and addiction at the same time. In these situations, people have co-occurring disorders. At face value, it may seem best to treat mental health and addiction separately, and for decades, that was the norm. Practitioners would address a mental health disorder and move on to dealing with addiction after…

For Pharmacists Who Struggle with Addiction, a Recovery Network Set Up with You in Mind Can Help!

For Pharmacists Who Struggle with Addiction, a Recovery Network Set Up with You in Mind Can Help!

If you’re a pharmacist or a pharmacy student and feel you have a problem with drugs or alcohol (or both), know this: You are not alone. The fact is, addiction is an equal opportunity disease with no limits or conditions relating to one’s age, academic background, intelligence, race or profession. According to SAMSHA (Substance Abuse…

4 Activities You Can Add to Your Recovery Routine to Improve Your Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Health

Often enough, those of us who strive to live a “clean-and-sober” life wonder to ourselves, “What more can I be doing to strengthen my recovery foundation?” And it’s actually a fair question to be asking regularly, especially if we’re in the first year of our recovery. Given how a substance use disorder had taken over…