Almost 20% of adults in New Hampshire report binge drinking in the past month. Long-term alcohol consumption can lead to alcohol use disorder and the potential for withdrawal when consumption stops. Withdrawal from alcohol can begin as soon as 8 hours after the last...
Benzodiazepines, commonly called benzos, are a pharmaceutical medication primarily used to help those with anxiety, sleep disorders, and seizures. Over 37% of people in New Hampshire have reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression. It’s not uncommon for...
85.6% of people aged 18 and up have had at least one alcoholic beverage in their lifetime. 13.2% of adults reported taking antidepressants within the last 30 days. With these numbers as high as they are, the chance of overlap isn’t improbable. But is mixing alcohol...
Fentanyl only comes in two types, pharmaceutical fentanyl, and illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Both of which are termed synthetic opioids. The kind of fentanyl that is prescribed by doctors to treat patients with excruciating pain, like those who have been in a car...
The Truth About Fentanyl: What Is It? The first step in being able to help yourself or those that you love during a fentanyl overdose is to know what fentanyl is and what a fentanyl overdose looks like. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is lab created and is among...
Fentanyl use has been described as an epidemic in the United States. 70 percent of overdose deaths in 2019 involved fentanyl. New Hampshire is not immune to the effects of this substance, with 91 percent of overdoses occurring in our state involve fentanyl. Fentanyl...
In May of 2022, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu issued a warning about the dangers of fentanyl for New Hampshire residents. He shared that fentanyl-related overdoses continue to increase in The Granite State. Understanding the signs of fentanyl use disorder can...
In New Hampshire, Fentanyl is involved in 80% of overdoses. You may wonder, “If fentanyl use is so dangerous, why don’t people just quit?” Unfortunately, it is difficult and sometimes dangerous to end fentanyl use. Withdrawal symptoms, or symptoms that result from...
An alcohol overdose, also called alcohol poisoning, is the result of a person consuming too much alcohol in a short amount of time. If you or someone you know has ever consumed enough alcohol that they vomited or passed out, they were suffering from some form of...
No one sets out to become an alcoholic. It is a problem that can take anywhere from months to several years to develop, thanks to a wide variety of factors, such as medical conditions and the amount of alcohol regularly consumed. Alcoholism is described as a...
