Prescription Drugs
The Growing Addiction of Prescription Pain Medication
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008A doctor usually has 15 minutes to see a patient, unless the patient is brand-new, and is coming in for the very first time. Then, he MIGHT get to see the patient for a whole 30 minutes, that first time. After that, it’s every 15 minutes from then on.
That’s not a lot of time. And, […]
Prescription Drug Abuse
Saturday, December 15th, 2007“I’m not an addict! An addict is that bum on the street. The neighbor’s kid is an addict, not me! I need my medicine that I take. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t keep taking it. I know it makes me not know or care what’s going on. But, I need it!” That’s called prescription drug […]
Rising Popularity of Prescription Drug Abuse
Saturday, December 8th, 2007When the words “drug abuse”, are heard, automatically one thinks of the shivering, sweating “junkie”. The fact is that that is only one type of drug abuse. The other is prescription drug abuse.
Prescription drugs, as we know, as those that must be prescribed by a doctor. They cannot be bought “over the […]
Prescription Drug Abuse
Monday, November 26th, 2007Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem today. Because of this, many people who actually need the drugs that are being abused are finding them hard, if not impossible, to get. Most people still think of “drug abuse” as that involving heroin, cocaine, marijuana—in other words, “street drugs.” A person who is hooked on prescription […]
Prescription Drugs
Monday, November 5th, 2007Prescription Drugs
Prescription Drug Use and Addiction differs from other forms of addiction. In many cases prescription drug use will begin with a legal prescription based on a medical need. Prescription drug use becomes prescription drug abuse when the medical need is no longer present and the addict continues to take or require the drug. Painkillers […]
Prescription Drug Abuse
Sunday, January 21st, 2007So, prescription drug abuse is when someone changes the prescription for 10 Oxycontin to 100 Oxycontin, right? Yeah, that’s one form of it. But, how about this? “ChexÒ Mix” parties.
No, not the “ChexÒ Mix” with pretzels, ChexÒ cereal, peanuts, etc. etc. This party features prescription AND non-prescription medicine that teenagers have lifted from the family […]