Pain can be extremely difficult to deal with on a daily basis. Most people assume the most effective way to deal with pain is to turn to prescription drugs, or over-the-counter pain medications such as Advil and Tylenol. However, prescription pain medications can be extremely harsh on your system, and hard on your budget. They can often even come with risk of addiction. Also, ... Continue Reading
Meditation for Pain- An Alternative to Drugs
Could mindfulness meditation replace opioid-based pain relief and lower addiction rates? This post from Medical Daily puts forward the case for mindfulness meditation as an effective treatment for chronic pain. Opioid painkillers are a double-edged sword. On one hand, they reduce chronic pain, which plagues around 100 million Americans. Yet they can also lead to abuse of ... Continue Reading
Brain on Drugs: With Coffee, Alcohol and Others
Commonly used drugs, including caffeine, weed, and booze, affect the body and brain in different ways because of their different chemical structures. This post from Business Insider India gives a low-down on the effect some of the most common drugs have on the brain. A puff of this, and the world transforms into a colorful kaleidoscope of dancing patterns and waves of sound; a ... Continue Reading
The Killer In Prescription Painkillers
(BeWellBuzz) Brace yourselves for this shocking report - according to a recent report from Brandeis University, painkillers cause deadlier overdoses than cocaine and heroin combined. This staggering report is indeed a shock. We all know painkillers as harmless allies that help us whenever that perennial knee pain bugs us, or whenever muscle pain hinders us from doing our ... Continue Reading
Are Painkillers Safe?
(BeWellBuzz) What is the point in using painkillers if they trigger symptoms that are far more serious than the conditions that they treat? Latest studies reveal that painkillers can literally be 'killers' . Read on to know why you must avoid them and learn about natural pain relieving substances that you can use. You suffer from recurrent back pain that surfaces every now and ... Continue Reading