Help Drug Abuse

With painkiller addiction, the number one question we are asked at our rehab centers is, “I can get off painkillers, but how do I STAY off?”

Just getting off addiction to prescription pain meds can be gruesome. If the addict tries to simply stop using and, without help, just grit his teeth and tough it out, the withdrawal symptoms can tear him up. It tears up everyone around him too.

Recently, a very concerned father called about his 27 year old daughter. She has had two back surgeries for which multiple pain medications have been prescribed. You guessed it, she has become very dependent on them. Continue reading ‘Detox Rehab For Painkiller Addiction’ »

Incoming search terms:

• pain killer addiction blogs post a comment

In light of a few high profile deaths that have been potentially linked to the abuse of prescription drugs, it has pushed to the forefront an issue that has grasped America but is rarely talked about for how many lives it has impacted.

We tend to hear about painkiller addiction here and there, with the occasional celebrity coming out and admitting they have or have had a problem with prescription pain medications, but with the recent death of Michael Jackson being linked to possible pain med addiction, it has really forced a much needed dialogue about this epidemic.

Michael Jackson wasn’t the only one to have struggled with addiction to painkillers. Apparently Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith, both deaths being attributed to deadly combinations of prescription medications, including antidepressants and pain medications, also were victims of this drug addiction for the new millennium.

Continue reading ‘The Dangerous Painkiller Addiction Trend’ »