People on their way to rehab can have a difficult time deciding what to pack. Some may bring a few items, others may grab everything they own, while others enter with only the clothes on their back. Often it becomes challenging to decide because they are packing their clothes on their own. At Carus Recovery, we want to make it easy for you of what to pack for rehab. If you haven’t been to rehab an…

What happens to the brain when substances are abused and cause addiction? An addicted brain can create a bunch of issues that may explain the change in behavior, challenging thought processes, and the inability to stop using substances. What happens to your brain when you have drug or alcohol addiction? Understanding how addiction works will also help you see how to break that cycle and begin your…

Taking too many substances, accidental or purposeful can lead to overdosing, also termed “OD.” Overdosing from drugs and alcohol has been on the rise, mostly due to the access to opioids, both non-synthetic and synthetic in the last ten years. Each year, overdoses from substances are tracked by the National Center for Health Statistics, though not every drug is charted. A person can overdose from…

A 2016 study of Medicare recipients found that in a few years prior, about 15 percent of patients were prescribed a short-term opioid medication when they were discharged from the hospital; and 90 days later, 42 percent were continuing to take it.   Once receiving a prescription from their doctor for pain relief of an injury or illness, it can be difficult for patients to stop. Dependence on pain…

A recent issue of the British Medical Journal described a grim case study in which a woman’s skin appeared to blacken and rot. Because of her cocaine abuse, the 42-year-old British woman had avoided seeking medical attention after several months of severe joint pain and abdominal cramping. But she started to become more concerned when she found dark, painful lesions across her body. After her ear…

Matthew Mellon, the billionaire heir to Mellon Bank, died recently while checked into a drug rehabilitation center in Cancun, Mexico. Family members have said that the 54-year-old investor and businessman was battling prescription opioid abuse and seeking treatment for a severe Oxycontin addiction when he passed. Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon recently died while battling a Oxycontin addi…

In a new effort to fight the nation’s devastating opioid epidemic, the FDA recently moved to ban opioid substances in children’s medications. The new restrictions affect any medications that contain codeine and hydrocodone, two of the most common active ingredients used by cough syrup manufacturers. The FDA recently moved to ban opioid substances in children’s medications. Read more about the impl…

Two years ago, the world was shocked by the unexpected death of one of the music industry’s most iconic stars. Now Prince’s toxicology report, recently acquired by the Associated Press, showed that the star had “exceedingly high” levels of fentanyl present in his blood. Experts agree that the results leave “no doubt” that a fentanyl overdose caused the singer-songwriter’s death, an acknowledgement…

In the past few decades, technological advances have completely transformed the way we live. Email streamlined our work patterns, text messaging kept loved ones a touch away, and social media reoriented our entire lives. Even hospitals and physicians’ offices have completely rebuilt their patient processing system to incorporate the latest technology. But did you know that emerging technologies ar…

In January, President Donald Trump signed a bill to provide fentanyl screening equipment and training to national customs agencies in an attempt to stem the flow of synthetic opioids across international borders. As the fentanyl crisis worsens, state leaders have made increasingly passionate pleas for Washington to divert more federal funding to opioid addiction relief. Stopping The Flow Of Opioid…