Long Island Pharmacy Security Tighter Than Fort Knox
The word “fortress” is being bandied about when discussing Linden Care’s (a Syosset, New York pharmacy) latest security measures. Pharmacists in the area are looking for as much protection as possible for themselves and their employees after a series of unconnected deaths occurred when prescription drug addicts got desperate looking for their next high at . . . . Continue Reading
4 Ways to Fight Chronic Pain Without Painkillers
Unfortunately, many patients increase their issue with chronic pain without realizing it. A handful of bad habits can mean heightened pain and a further dependence on painkillers.
Attitude Toward Methadone and Opiate Addiction Treatment Shifting
In the past, stereotypes about drug addiction and those who suffer from the disorder often threw up an insurmountable obstacle in providing treatment for those who needed it at a community level.
Physicians Worry No Medical Standards For Treating Pregnant Painkiller Addicts
Prescription painkiller abuse is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States today causing doctors to enter uncharted territory with pregnant addicts. As we’ve seen the death rates associated with painkiller abuse triple over the past ten years, there has been a ripple effect of ethical dilemmas throughout the medical community without any easy answers. One . . . . Continue Reading
Family Intervention Worked for Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith has struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years and years, famously going to rehab on multiple occasions. Unfortunately, despite repeated attempts at treatment, Griffith says that her ultimate triumph over painkiller addiction that developed after an accident on a ski trip in 2007 was due in part to a confrontation with her . . . . Continue Reading
Opiate Painkiller Addiction: The Fastest Rising Addiction in the Country
Opiate painkillers are opioid-based medications prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain. When taken as directed with a monitored exit plan that allows you to stop taking the medication when you no longer need it, they are safe. However, some who begin a legitimate prescription will end up with an addiction that can ruin their life . . . . Continue Reading
Drug Addicted Mother Tries to Sell Her 5 Year Old Son
People do desperate things when they are living with an active drug addiction, and one mother in Florida did the unthinkable in order to get $2000, potentially to feed her prescription drug addiction: sell the parental rights to her 5-year-old son. According to reports, Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jessica Marie Beers for allegedly attempting . . . . Continue Reading
Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Drug Overdose and Drug Rehab
Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers of Tudors fame was recently rushed to the hospital for a drug overdose. Though initial reports said that the overdose was a suicide attempt, it was later determined that Rhys Meyers’ overdose was inadvertent and was related to an ongoing prescription drug addiction that has had the star in drug rehab . . . . Continue Reading
Doctors Offer Congress Solutions for the Prescription Drug Addiction Epidemic, Part II
In our last post, we talked about how one group of doctor’s is working to encourage Congress to make prescription drug training mandatory for all prescribing physicians. Dr. David Kloth is a spokesman for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He says that this new certification and training should be mandatory because “physicians are . . . . Continue Reading
Doctors Offer Congress Solutions for the Prescription Drug Addiction Epidemic, Part I
The restrictions have been coming down around the country: prescription drug addiction is a huge problem and authorities are cracking down by implementing statewide prescription drug databases and putting the screws to prescribing physicians. Countless lawsuits have been filed by families and states against doctors who prescribe medications in situations where the patient ends up . . . . Continue Reading