Almost 48 million Americans have used a prescription drug nonmedically at least once in their lifetimes. Narconon Drug Rehab warns that the nonmedical use or abuse of prescription drugs is a serious and growing public health problem in this country. The elderly are among those most vulnerable to prescription drug abuse or misuse because they [...]
Pain Didactic: Prescription Drug Detoxification Concepts (Inpatient/Outpatient) Charles Perkel, MD Addiction Psychiatrist Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
The United States is in the grip of an epidemic of prescription drug overdoses. Over 27000 people died from overdoses in 2007, a number that has risen five-fold since 1990 and has never been higher. Prescription drugs are now involved in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined. For health professionals, policymakers and legislators, [...]
Randy Grimes former Tampa Bay Buccaneer pro football player speaks about his successful prescription drug addiction treatment for his pain medication addiction at Behavioral Health of The Palm Beaches drug rehab.
Visions, the premier Malibu based teen drug and alcohol treatment centers, created this visual show and tell demo on all the ways kids are using drugs right under their parents noses.
A close friend who suffers from depression was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a very curable cancer. His girlfriend told me in confidence. My friend apparently considers this a "way out" of his depression and refuses to seek any medical evaluation or treatment. He also is resigned not to tell me or his family. His girlfriend [...]
Malibu Beach Recovery alumna fights to decrease prescription drug abuse
specifically a teenager, and prescription drug abuse. also, does anyone know any, or where i could find any, sad stories about a friend providing pills to a friend that ended up killing them?
Prescription Drug Abuse & Overcoming Addiction, Shands Vista Florida Recovery Center. An interview with Dr. Scott Teitelbaum.
I want to know more about the different kinds of prescription drug abuse (as well as treatment methods) and would like to find treatment centers who are caring for patients with such a disorder.