 Articles tagged: painkillers
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The “King of Pop” Michael Jackson is dead at only 50, joining many other celebrities and thousands of ordinary people whose untimely deaths associated with painkillers like OxyContin could have been avoided by a timely medical drug detox. What is it going to take for the FDA to end the prescription drug carnage in this country, especially the deadly OxyContin epidemic? written by Rod MacTaggart
Adolescents exposed to opioid painkillers, especially OxyContin, are more likely to abuse opioids and other drugs and risk addiction in later life, say researchers. A ban on the drug will save countless lives. written by Rod MacTaggart
An online petition to ban the dangerously addictive narcotic painkiller OxyContin is attracting thousands of signatures -- and dozens of heart-wrenching stories about personal tragedies connected to OxyContin addiction and abuse. written by Rod MacTaggart
Thousands of patients arriving for OxyContin detox are victims of the all-too-common medical practice of smothering pain with the addictive narcotic, instead of finding the cause of the pain and curing it. written by Gloria MacTaggart
written by Gloria MacTaggart
Drug testing at home and in schools helps resist peer pressure, but anyone relying on testing alone is making a mistake.
written by Rod MacTaggart
An effective, proven medical drug detox program before drug rehab would be the best way the state could help its many prescription drug addicts. written by Gloria MacTaggart
Methadone-related adverse events are climbing in greater proportion than the number of prescriptions for the drug, and deaths have increased by 400%. One painkiller after another has failed us. Is it time to look for non-drug solutions?
written by Rod MacTaggart
Victims of prescription drug addiction and street drug addicts who overdose on opioids can often be saved by the drug naloxone, but the event should be followed immediately with admission to a medical drug detox facility, followed by lengthy drug rehab. written by Gloria MacTaggart
The problems caused by prescription painkillers are often worse than the pain you took them to resolve. Check out drug-free solutions.
written by Gloria MacTaggart
The military is notorious for not taking care of our guys when they come home. New legislation proposes to force the issue, with civilian oversight.
written by Rod MacTaggart
Medical drug detox centers across the country are finding that many people abuse dozens of kinds of prescription drugs in their quest for euphoria, not because they’re safer, but simply because they’re easily available. written by Gloria MacTaggart
Doctors take an oath to do no harm, but they’re giving more and more patients addictive drugs. Why? Because non-addictive drugs cut into big pharma profits.
written by Rod MacTaggart
Medical drug detox and rehab programs are being targeted by state and city budget cuts, leaving many addicts with no place to go for help except hospital emergency wards or jails, both of which cost taxpayers more in the long run. written by Rod MacTaggart
The result of so-called ‘treatment’ for opioid addiction with methadone is simply a life-long methadone addiction. Real treatment means helping opioid addicts become drug free, and such treatment now is available. written by Gloria MacTaggart
If doctors opened up to alternative therapies, they could help more of their patients instead of turning them into drug addicts.
written by Rod MacTaggart
Thousands of Oklahomans, many of them young people, have fallen victim to oxycodone and OxyContin addiction, and thousands more to hydrocodone painkillers like Lortab and Vicodin. written by Gloria MacTaggart
Prescription drug abuse among teens and young adults now surpasses almost all other drugs combined. Do you know what your kids are taking?
written by Rod MacTaggart
The move by many addicts from heroin to OxyContin, and the growing number of former heroin addicts needing OxyContin detox, tells you just how dangerously addictive the prescription painkiller really is. written by Rod MacTaggart
People trapped by prescription drug addiction are finding that detox programs designed for their unique metabolic and health needs can ease withdrawal symptoms and make recovery a reachable goal. written by Gloria MacTaggart
Have you ever wondered why people taking painkillers are still in pain even when they up the dose? New research shows that your initial pain might not even be there anymore - what you’re feeling now could be from the drugs you’re taking.
written by Rod MacTaggart
OxyContin addiction knows no geographic or social boundaries, striking people in all walks of life, in every corner of America. written by Rod MacTaggart
OxyContin addiction is epidemic in our society, and opting for methadone ‘therapy’ to replace the narcotic is just jumping from the frying pan into the fire. written by Gloria MacTaggart
Deaths from prescription drug overdoses have reached epidemic proportions. What can you do to protect yourself and your loved ones?
written by Rod MacTaggart
Giving someone a methadone addiction is like putting that person in a prison where they are not confined by walls but by their dependence on the drug, says a detox expert, and getting off the drug is like getting out of jail. written by Gloria MacTaggart
Big Pharma has turned taking drugs into a way of life. But the number of deaths, injuries and incidents of prescription drug addiction and abuse has climbed to epidemic proportions. Are your kids popping pills?
written by Rod MacTaggart
Soaring rates of methadone addiction and overdose deaths caused by physicians’ inappropriate over-prescribing hopefully will see some relief from the Food and Drug Administration’s revised narcotic prescribing regulations expected later this year. written by Rod MacTaggart
Few methadone detox or rehab facilities will accept addicts taking more than 80 milligrams per day, making methadone addiction almost untreatable in this country -- but new detox protocols are offering help. written by Rod MacTaggart
OxyContin addiction is a growing problem across the country, as thousands of people struggle to break the bonds of this powerfully-addictive prescription narcotic painkiller. written by Rod MacTaggart
Methadone addiction is a growing problem as doctors freely prescribe the powerfully addictive narcotic painkiller for common aches and pains. << previous page 1 2 next page>> |
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