Archive for February, 2010
- Painkiller Addictions Hindering Right to Proper Pain Relief
The growing problem with addictions to prescription painkillers has impacted the healthcare industry, resulting in the denial of adequate pain relief for patients truly suffering.
- Altering Benzodiazepines Could Help Create Non-Addictive Anxiety Drugs
When you examine addictions throughout the world, people may have different reasons for developing their habit, but the addiction could be based more on the reward pathways in the brain.
- Opioid Treatment in the United States
In 2008, the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services examined data about the current state of substance abuse treatment in the United States. One area that the survey focused on was the treatment employed for sufferers of opiate addictions.
- College Sports and Painkillers Could Be Dangerous Combination
Is it possible that coaches are going beyond their duty as leaders to now acting as physicians? In the case of USC, it hasn’t gone quite that far, but instead doctors are helping coaches and players exceed their pain medication. Read More…
The Pain of Addiction
Vicodin addiction often starts innocently enough. Most people start taking Vicodin or other pain medications after surgery or an injury. But then they can’t stop. They need more to get the same pain relief. They start doctor shopping to get more pills. And the cycle continues until it takes over their lives.
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