Understanding Ketamine Addiction: Signs, Risks and When to Seek Help
Recognize ketamine dependence and problematic use, understand health concerns, and prepare for a clinical assessment.
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Medication guide for mental health and addiction.
Clear information about medicines used in mental health and addiction care. Explore their purpose, benefits, risks and the questions worth discussing with your prescriber.
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Understanding Opioid Addiction: Dependence, Risks and Treatment
Understand opioid use disorder, how it differs from physical dependence, and the role of assessment, medication and continuing care.
Understanding Prescription Stimulant Addiction: Use, Misuse and Dependence
How prescribed stimulant treatment differs from misuse and addiction, what warrants assessment and why ADHD care remains important.
Understanding Sleeping Medication Dependence and Addiction
Understand how dependence on sleeping medication can develop and why medication and insomnia should be assessed together.
Supplements and herbal products
Valerian: Uses, Side Effects and Safety
Learn about valerian for sleep and mild nervous tension, side effects, alcohol interactions, overdose and when medical advice is needed.
Valium and Alcohol
Valium and alcohol can dangerously compound sedation and breathing suppression.
Medication information and related topics
Valproate and Divalproex: Uses, Monitoring and Reproductive Safety
Learn about valproate and divalproex, bipolar uses, monitoring, formulation differences and current reproductive-safety questions for specialist review.
Medication information and related topics
Varenicline: Smoking Cessation, Side Effects and Safety
Learn about varenicline for quitting smoking, cravings, nausea and sleep effects, mental health monitoring and changes to other medicines.
Venlafaxine: Effects, Side Effects, Blood Pressure and Supported Discontinuation
Learn about venlafaxine effects, blood pressure monitoring, side effects, interactions, modified-release products and supported discontinuation.
Venlafaxine Withdrawal: Symptoms, Tapering and When to Seek Help
Venlafaxine can cause significant withdrawal symptoms if reduced too quickly. Learn about symptoms, staged tapering, relapse and urgent warning signs.
Vicodin in the UK: Uses, Risks and Availability
Vicodin combines hydrocodone and acetaminophen. Learn about UK availability, breathing and liver risks, dependence, overdose response and treatment.
Medication information and related topics
Viloxazine: ADHD Treatment, Side Effects and Safety
Explore viloxazine (Qelbree) for ADHD, local availability, mood warnings, appetite effects, cardiovascular monitoring and medication interactions.
Medication information and related topics
Vortioxetine: Uses, Side Effects and Safety
Learn about vortioxetine, depression treatment, nausea and sexual side effects, interactions and questions for a supported medication review.
Wellbutrin for Anxiety
Wellbutrin (bupropion) for anxiety: limited evidence, off-label use, possible worsening of symptoms, important risks, and questions for your prescriber.
Wellbutrin Withdrawal: Discontinuation Symptoms and Safe Reduction
Bupropion discontinuation is less well characterized than withdrawal from some antidepressants, but symptoms and relapse can occur. Learn how reduction is planned safely.
What are Antidepressants
Learn what antidepressants are, common types (SSRIs, SNRIs, TCAs, MAOIs), how they’re taken, and key safety considerations. THE BALANCE resource.
What are Antipsychotics
Learn what antipsychotics are, typical vs atypical types, how they’re taken, and key side effects and overdose risks. A clinical resource from THE BALANCE.
What are Prescription Drugs
Learn what prescription drugs are, which types carry addiction risk, how dependence differs from addiction, and what treatment options are available.
What are the Effects of Drugs on Heart
Learn how drugs affect the heart, including heart attack risk, blood pressure changes, arrhythmias, and endocarditis. A resource from THE BALANCE.
What Does Morphine Do To The Body
Learn what morphine does to the body, including how it affects pain, breathing, and the brain, plus side effects and dependence risks. THE BALANCE resource.
Antiseizure medications and mood stabilizers
What Happens If You Take Lamictal And Do Not Have Bipolar Disorder
Learn what can happen if you take Lamictal (lamotrigine) without bipolar disorder, including side effects, risks, and why to use only as prescribed.
What is a Fentanyl Rehab
Explore fentanyl treatment options and THE BALANCE's assessment-led private residential care, with medical and hospital pathways coordinated when needed.
What Is Hydroxyzine? Uses, Side Effects and Safety
Hydroxyzine is a sedating antihistamine used for different indications by country. Learn about uses, side effects, interactions, heart-rhythm risk and safe prescribing.
What is Norco Drug
Learn what Norco is (hydrocodone/acetaminophen), its legal status, risks, interactions, dependence, and overdose warning signs, from THE BALANCE.
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