Heroin Addiction

One of the main responsibilities Northbound holds as a leading opiate detox option in Orange County is continuing to ensure that the vast range of unique medical and clinical needs of an individual are satisfied during the process. A proper opiate detox certainly isn’t a single size-fits-all. Any person making the brave decision to break […]

What a line by Dr. John P. Morgan in the abstract from one his early journals on narcotics. “American physicians,” he wrote, “markedly undertreat severe pain based on an irrational and undocumented fear that appropriate use will lead patients to become addicts.” It kicked off Morgan’s “American Opiophobia: Customary Underutilization of Opioid Analgesics” and at

What’s a doctor supposed to do? It makes sense not to prescribe a mood-altering medication to a person in sobriety, even if they have a co-occurring mental disorder. But what do you do when the first-line, evidence-based, recognized-as-effective treatment for that mental disorder is also a potentially addictive drug? ADHD, for instance – what is

Heroin is an active killer in many nations throughout the world, but we often focus on how it’s impacting Americans within the borders of our 50 states. However, this deadly, opium-based drug is taking over the lives of people from all different cultures – and destroying their countries as well. For those living in Myanmar,