Recovering From Addiction Addicts are able to recover, but the road back is a tough one. Having struggled with addiction myself and finally getting tired of all the loses that come with active addiction, losing my mother from this illness was a big wake up call for me. I wanted something different for myself and did not know how to find it. I was informed that there were treatment facilities
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“Everyone can help prevent Prescription Pain Reliever, Misuse Increases Among Young Adults from 2002 to 2007 The report released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) says 1.5 million of these young adults used prescription pain relievers non medically in the past month in 2007. Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers: 2002-2007 highlights nonmedical use of pain relievers in the past month among persons
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Chronic pain is a serious, life-threatening biopsychosocialspiritual disease process that requires a very focused, holistic and integrated treatment approach. Many times traditional approaches rely heavily upon the prescribing of potentially addictive medications that result in the rapid development of the co-occurring disorders of substance abuse and dependence. At Challenges we are committed to treating our clients concurrently so that both disease processes are addressed. Our multidisciplinary staff has developed a
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Among the 25 physicians in the United States who received the largest quantities of the powerful narcotic pain medication, Oxycodone for direct dispensing from their offices in the first half of 2008, 18 were from Broward County. The remaining 7 physicians were from 4 other Florida counties. These 17 Broward doctors received 3.383,200 dose units (or tablets) of Oxycodone between January and June of this year. The total dose units
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Since these aren’t illegal and are readily available at your local drugstore, no one is watching over your shoulder to make sure you don’t abuse them. Doctors certainly don’t give out medications with the intent that you misuse them. The doctor, the pharmacy and the literature given with each prescription make it clear if a drug has the potential to become addictive. Some prescription drug abuses know perfectly well what
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