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22nd September 2009
Prescription drug addiction is an ever-growing problem in the United States. People receive prescription drugs most often to combat pain. When they become accustomed to taking a pill to relieve that pain, they often become addicted before they even real... Read >
Author: Mervin Hester16th September 2009
Why do some people choose to use drugs when they're so bad for you? The causes of drug addiction are as varied as the amount of drugs that are available for use - both legally and illegally. There is no one cause for drug addiction just like there is no... Read >
Author: Mervin Hester23rd July 2009
In the past, OxyContin has been criticized as being the prescription drug of choice for abusers, who crush the pill and snort it, bypassing its time-release mechanism. Doing so sometimes has the unpleasant side effect of death. Some of the street names f... Read >
Author: Burton Norman29th May 2009
The diversion and abuse of prescription drugs for non-medical use is a serious threat to public health and safety, and medical drug detox is the preferred first step in recovery.
Nearly a third of new drug abusers begin their downward spiral into addi... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart19th May 2009
The average pill popper in one addiction treatment center has been taking 15 drugs at once.
I recently interviewed an administrator in an addiction treatment center and found out that when clients come to them for help with a prescription drug addictio... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart15th May 2009
Are prescription painkillers being banned due to pressure from drug companies protecting their profits?
A lot of people are pretty down on the FDA these days, and rightly so: People are dying from, being harmed by, or becoming addicted to drugs the FD... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart12th May 2009
An effective, proven medical drug detox program before drug rehab would be the best way the state could help its many prescription drug addicts.
Connecticut is asking for more than $620,000 in federal government stimulus grants to combat “doctor sho... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart12th May 2009
There are many steps we can take to provide high quality health care at a lower cost. But reining in Big Pharma would be a good start.
In Obama’s press conference, he said that the most important thing we can focus on to get out of our economic mess ... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart06th May 2009
Desperate to protect profits, drug companies waited with baited breath to find out if they're accountable for your injuries. Good news - they are.
The Purdue Pharma $634 million fine incurred for misleading the public, and doctors, about the addictiven... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart01st May 2009
Victims of prescription drug addiction and street drug addicts who overdose on opioids can often be saved by the drug naloxone, but the event should be followed immediately with admission to a medical drug detox facility, followed by lengthy drug rehab.
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Author: Rod MacTaggart27th April 2009
The problems caused by prescription painkillers are often worse than the pain you took them to resolve. Check out drug-free solutions.
It’s an unfortunate fact that millions of people live in chronic pain, and one of the most common areas that hurt a... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart24th April 2009
Prescription drug addiction is becoming a bigger and bigger problem in today's world. The main issue is that the use and abuse of these addictive pills has been steadily rising over the last several years, and it has now become the drug of choice among y... Read >
Author: Patrick Meninga22nd April 2009
The military is notorious for not taking care of our guys when they come home. New legislation proposes to force the issue, with civilian oversight.
Since the Iraq war started six years ago, legal use of prescription painkillers among wounded U.S. troo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart18th April 2009
There is help available for people addicted to prescription drugs. There are countless inpatient and outpatient programs around the world that are specifically created to help people kick their drug addictions. These programs usually include detox centers... Read >
Author: Jacob Saxbury15th April 2009
Don’t want your kid to wind up in an addiction treatment center? There are no guarantees, but some steps are more effective than others.
I would hope there aren’t too many parents unaware that their kids are introduced to drugs fairly early on and ... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart10th April 2009
Parents give their kids dangerous and addictive drugs to control symptoms but do not address the real problems. But there are other solutions.
Diagnoses of ADHD, ADD and other ‘disorders’ have resulted in a vast increase in the number of kids taki... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart09th April 2009
People fall prey to prescription addictions just like people get addicted to illicit drugs. Prescription drug addiction is not only an addiction, but is very harmful to your body. Most prescriptions are given for short term treatment of pain, anxiety, d... Read >
Author: Drugrehab09th April 2009
Doctors take an oath to do no harm, but they’re giving more and more patients addictive drugs. Why? Because non-addictive drugs cut into big pharma profits.
When a doctor gets his license, he commits to a standard of medical ethics known as the Hippo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart04th April 2009
Medical drug detox and rehab programs are being targeted by state and city budget cuts, leaving many addicts with no place to go for help except hospital emergency wards or jails, both of which cost taxpayers more in the long run.
All across the countr... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart27th March 2009
If doctors opened up to alternative therapies, they could help more of their patients instead of turning them into drug addicts.
Have you ever been to a doctor who expressed negative views about alternative medicine? It’s understandable that they wo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart27th March 2009
In recent years, we have seen a growing trend, a dangerous trend that has unfortunately, cost people's lives. While years ago drug addiction was related to street drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, or heroin, we now see the dangers of prescription dr... Read >
Author: suegold25th March 2009
As anyone who has successfully completed medical drug detox and recovered their life will tell you, drug addiction is a physical drug dependence complicated by mental and emotional problems -- all of which can resolve without tinkering with someone’s br... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart13th March 2009
Accidental prescription drug addiction is becoming more and more common. Don’t assume your parents are immune.
When we think of problems with drug addiction, most of us think of illegal drugs like marijuana, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, and so on. ... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart10th March 2009
People trapped by prescription drug addiction are finding that detox programs designed for their unique metabolic and health needs can ease withdrawal symptoms and make recovery a reachable goal.
Almost anyone dependent on drugs will tell you they woul... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart10th March 2009
Critics say Obama’s health care plan will increase the risk of medical record privacy violation. But anyone who really wants our medical records can get them already and for hundreds of millions of Americans, that might seem a small price to pay.
Ob... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart04th March 2009
Governments, like individuals, choose their priorities when it comes to spending money. Is your state doing all it can to help prevent prescription drug abuse?
Dealers who sell prescription drugs to our family members often get their supplies by doctor... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart03rd March 2009
If you don’t know the signs of prescription drug addiction and abuse, you could be headed for a family disaster.
Sometimes parents are the last to know. Studies show that the average parents whose kids are using drugs don’t know about it for six mo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart03rd March 2009
Big Pharma has turned taking drugs into a way of life. But the number of deaths, injuries and incidents of prescription drug addiction and abuse has climbed to epidemic proportions. Are your kids popping pills?
It’s not unusual for organizations and ... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart13th February 2009
Many mental and emotional problems are caused by undiagnosed physical conditions. Finding and treating those conditions can prevent the dwindling spiral of prescription drug addiction, dependency, dangerous side effects and even more drugs.
It’s not ... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart02nd February 2009
Having a few beers with friends is becoming a thing of the past. The latest trend is prescription drugs. And their side effects are dangerous, and deadly.
Years ago, kids used to look forward to going to college because they could drink. Sad to say, bu... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart02nd February 2009
When MTV’s award-winning reality show True Life, which targets teens and young adults, takes up prescription drug addiction, you can be sure it’s a widespread problem. The only improvement might have been more about the advantages of medical drug deto... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart01st February 2009
In Beckley, West Virginia, too few medical drug detox and drug rehab centers, lack of personal health insurance, a shortage of prevention resources, and too many addictive prescriptions for people who don’t need them are all negative factors.
A senio... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart28th January 2009
Over 15% of kids are abusing prescription drugs and law enforcement officials are almost powerless when it comes to getting it under control. It’s over to the parents. And here’s what they have to do.
If you think your kids are somehow immune to ta... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart26th January 2009
Medical drug detox and a stint in rehab is not what any parent wants for their kids, but unless mom and dad wise up and start paying attention, that’s where their son or daughter is headed -- if they don’t die from an overdose first.
A Fremont Cou... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart21st January 2009
Parents, even those familiar with medical drug detox programs because of their own drug problems, are often the last to know that their teenage kids are abusing prescription drugs, and moving on to heroin and a life of crime.
Thousands of families move... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart17th January 2009
As the economy worsens, more people are reaching for ‘escape’ drugs like painkillers and mood enhancers, and will eventually need medical drug detox to recover their lives.
In what may be the worst economy since the Great Depression, Americans are ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart16th January 2009
Who better than a doctor should know that medical detox and rehab are the right solutions for addiction. But a Utah doctor who betrayed patient trust and traded pills for sex from addicted female patients has been sent to prison.
If you’ve ever doubt... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart05th January 2009
Copyright (c) 2008 Stephen Lau
Addiction to prescription drugs is a common phenomenon. Every minute, someone is addicted to prescription drugs. You may be one of them without even your knowing it. According to 2007 statistics, nearly 17 million America... Read >
Author: Stephen Lau05th January 2009
Diet pills can cause serious health problems and drug addiction, and you’ll probably gain weight again as soon as you stop taking them. Find out about the real solution to those extra pounds.
It’s estimated that about two-thirds of the U.S. popula... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart19th December 2008
Florida is the pill capital of the U.S. Prescription drug addiction and abuse is killing more Floridians than illegal drugs and no family is immune. Here’s one step you can take that will help handle the problem.
Are you worried about your kids or s... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart08th December 2008
In spite of an FDA Public Health Advisory in 2004 warning about the serious risks associated with all antidepressants, the number of Americans taking the drugs has climbed to 17 million, and prescription drug addiction and abuse continues to accelerate.
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Author: Rod MacTaggart30th November 2008
Alcoholism, addiction to illicit street drugs, and now these days the growing problem of prescription drug addiction, can tear apart a family as it struggles to cope with the situation.
With each passing year, we hear more about prescription drug add... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart30th November 2008
A recent editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune on the dangers of prescription drugs suggests that in the five days from when it was written to when it was delivered to readers, five more people will have died from prescription drug addiction or abuse.
T... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart25th November 2008
Doctors are relying too heavily on narcotic pain relievers for US troops, says a military pain management specialist, raising concerns about the drugs’ potential for abuse and prescription drug addiction.
“You don’t have to throw narcotics at... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart22nd November 2008
Doctors are relying too heavily on narcotic pain relievers for US troops, says a military pain management specialist, raising concerns about the drugs’ potential for abuse and prescription drug addiction.
“You don’t have to throw narcotics at p... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart18th November 2008
A lot of parents feel helpless when it comes to their kids. They think their kids will do what they want to do, including drinking or taking drugs, no matter what. But statistics show that’s not the case. In fact, kids whose parents talk to them abo... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart17th November 2008
We often see studies that estimate how many people are using drugs. They usually come from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and other government agencies. But the new pra... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart11th November 2008
Sending our kids away to college used to be a milestone – a big accomplishment. The kids would get a better general education and a good grounding as experts in their chosen field. They would leave home as teens, and come home as adults, ready and abl... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart05th November 2008
It’s hard to tell which came first – the inability to address life’s problems or the idea that drugs are actually a solution. One way or another, the medical profession and the general public seem to have accepted the fact that if we don’t feel th... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart27th October 2008
On the picturesque eastern shores of Lake Michigan, where rural Oceana County, MI, is home to more asparagus and cherry trees than people, dozens of young adults have gone to rehab, and one has already died, because of an epidemic of prescription drug a... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart27th October 2008
Remember the scenes in TV shows and movies where the evil drug pusher in the school yard offers kids a free sample of his deadly wares, sort of a “loss leader” to get kids addicted and coming back for more? A new study shows how free samples from Bi... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart22nd October 2008
What image immediately pops to mind when you think “drug pusher.” If it’s a grimy guy in an alley, or a slick dude wearing seven gold chains around his neck hanging around a school yard, think again. The new and most dangerous drug pushers wea... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart15th October 2008
When going to a doctor for help, most of us assume that the drug the doctor gives us will work and will be safe. In other words, the drug’s been tested, the correct dosage determined, and any reasons why it should not be taken have been isolated. Ho... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart14th October 2008
Every now and then we use new ideas, products or services to better our lives only to find out later that they’re dangerous. Asbestos, thalidomide and plastics (now the subject of many lawsuits) are a few examples. Many prescription drugs also fall into... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart14th October 2008
Like many problems that have escalated out of control, it took a long time for prescription drug addiction, dependency and abuse to reach epidemic proportions. And there’s no quick fix. More to the point, there’s no quick fix that isn’t going to m... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart08th October 2008
People assume that if a drug is approved by the FDA, it’s safe. Obviously that’s not the case. If it were, we wouldn’t be facing a prescription drug addiction and abuse epidemic. What many people don’t understand is how the FDA works. If you want ... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart07th October 2008
Every day across America, nearly a million American kids age 12 to 17 abuse a pain reliever for the very first time just to get high. If you do the math, that’s nearly a million kids a year risking their lives -- or at the very least, risking a life... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart02nd October 2008
According to many recent national and state surveys, more kids are abusing more prescription drugs than ever, exceeding all illegal street drugs combined. Parents are being urged to help turn around a situation that could see millions of young Americans... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart02nd October 2008
Millions of American children are being force-fed prescription drugs that most of them -- and some experts think all of them -- don’t need, opening the door to potential drug abuse, dependence and prescription drug addiction later in life.
Surveys ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart02nd October 2008
What are supposed to be medicine -- the products from pharmaceutical companies -- are killing more people in America than cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and all other “street” drugs, combined. And prescription drug addiction now exceeds street d... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart30th September 2008
Illicit drug use, including prescription drug addiction and abuse, is rampant among baby boomers, according to the just-released National Survey on Drug Use and Health. An earlier analysis predicted that 4.4 Americans over 50 would have addiction proble... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart29th September 2008
Is America playing into the hands of big pharma? According to the latest statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), prescription drugs have officially become the drugs of choice among America’s youth. Why... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart26th September 2008
In the last year or two, Ohio has seen a significant increase in heroin addiction and the deaths, crime, illness and ruined lives that go with it. Why the sudden problem? Some experts feel it’s largely due to prescription drug addiction and abuse, e... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart25th September 2008
There are a lot of reasons behind the substance abuse problem in the U.S. but perhaps one of the most significant is the number of people who don’t think they have a problem or, if they do, don’t try to get help. The just-released results of the N... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart17th September 2008
In the last year or two, Ohio has seen a significant increase in heroin addiction and the deaths, crime, illness and ruined lives that go with it. Why the sudden problem? Some experts feel it’s largely due to prescription drug addiction and abuse, espec... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart08th September 2008
The abuse of prescription and over the counter medications is the most troubling trend on today’s drug landscape, says the Partnership for a Drug Free America. And more treatment programs need be made available for victims of prescription drug addiction... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart25th August 2008
In a recent interview Stephen Pasierb, President and CEO of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, referred to prescription drugs as the new gateway drugs. Kids and young adults who wouldn’t consider taking heroin or cocaine are taking prescription dr... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart16th August 2008
When it comes to prescription painkillers, we really seem to be between a rock and a hard place. After God knows how many people were killed, injured or turned into drug addicts with OxyContin, doctors started looking for alternatives. Many chose methadon... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart16th August 2008
The tragic death of Malibu, CA, resident Christopher Quint recently from a lethal combination of alcohol and the benzodiazepine Xanax, illustrates the soaring epidemic of deaths across the country from prescription drug addiction, especially when mixed wi... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart15th August 2008
America’s best-known addiction expert has told an Australian newspaper that actor Heath Ledger was very likely the victim of prescription drug addiction.
Los Angeles-based radio and television host, Dr. Drew Pinsky, says Ledger's drug taking was well... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart13th August 2008
Australian citizens are up in arms about hundreds of thousands of prescriptions for SSRI-type anti-depressants such as Zoloft and Prozac being written for children despite warnings that they’re unsafe for anyone under 24, and all paid for with tax dolla... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart12th August 2008
More people are dying in Montana from prescription drug overdoses than from all other drugs of any other kind, including illicit street drugs like heroin and cocaine. And officials across the state are ramping up awareness of the problem, while dealing wi... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart24th July 2008
Years ago, when parents thought their kids weren’t the type to take drugs, they were probably right. Now there’s about a one in five chance they’re wrong. What’s really fuelling prescription drug addiction, and what can we do about it?
Prescrip... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart23rd July 2008
After six weeks, cocaine dispensers were put in the cages. The rats had to press levers to get the cocaine, and the number of presses needed was continually increased. The exercised rats stopped trying when they had to press 70 times to get a hit, while t... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart23rd July 2008
Eighty-five percent of the 365 web sites selling highly addictive and dangerous controlled substances require no prescription, according to a study just released by Columbia University researchers, a situation that is seriously hampering efforts to curb p... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart23rd July 2008
A panel of addiction experts say Nevada’s skyrocketing abuse of prescription narcotics -- the highest in the nation -- is caused by doctors who don’t take the time to examine a patient’s history and source of pain, leading to inadequate treatment a... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart20th July 2008
On August 18, 2006, only eighteen years old and three days away from her first day in college, Emily Jackson swallowed a single OxyContin tablet, and soon thereafter died. Emily is only one of hundreds of Americans, and thousands world-wide, who have lost... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart09th April 2008
A recent talk given by Bob Stutman, the former DEA special agent turned consultant who has been called an "S.O.B. on the side of the angels" by Boston Herald Magazine, and "One of our nations heroes" by Dan Rather, has spurred Lakeland, Florida residents ... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart07th April 2008
At a time when drug abuse and addiction have reached record levels across America, and government agencies from the White House down are involved in serious efforts to provide more treatment facilities, the State of Kentucky is considering a bill that cut... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart06th April 2008
Looking over the current news about the opioid painkiller OxyContin, we can see there’s not much change today from any other day in the last year or so. This is a drug that, despite its usefulness for helping serious chronic pain sufferers, has created ... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart20th March 2008
A good drug rehab program helps the person with their life problems, but parents also play a role
Have you ever wondered why the U.S. and many other countries, right down to their cities and small towns, have developed drug cultures so severe that ev... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart10th March 2008
While the New York medical examiner was recently deciding to rule actor Heath Ledger's death "an accident" – the brilliant young star of “Brokeback Mountain” died last week from a lethal combination of six different prescription drugs – a Britis... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart29th February 2008
A new Bill was recently submitted to the House Health and Welfare Committee to allow random drug testing of adults who apply for or are already receiving public monies such as welfare, food stamps, or assistance under Kentucky’s medical assistance progr... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart25th January 2008
Why are so many people dying or getting ill from prescription drugs? Although some prescription drugs cause addiction and dependency that may require drug detox, and may also lead to using illegal drugs or acquiring prescription drugs illegally, many of t... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart18th January 2008
Some drug abuse statistics are down across the country, while others, particular prescription drugs among teens and young adults, are rising. Most - unfortunately, not all - abusers of individual substances survive long enough to handle their addictions. ... Read >
14th January 2008
Millions of individuals receive prescription drugs for their ailments and injuries each year. Some of them never finish the prescription and others take it as it was outlined. However, there are many individuals who use the drug to an extreme and they bec... Read >
Author: Brenda Stokes07th January 2008
In the battle against soaring prescription drug addiction and abuse and deaths from prescription narcotics like OxyContin, Vicodin and methadone, our only front line of defense is the army of prescribing doctors. Monitoring how patients are doing and spot... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart28th August 2007
The influence of drug advertising on television and in magazines has been the focus of many news articles since the recent OxyContin hearings. And it’s no wonder: Relaxing, upbeat images in television drug ads distract the consumer from already insubsta... Read >
Author: Gloria MacTaggart05th July 2007
Choosing the right drug detox can mean the difference between success and failure.
When looking for help for themselves or a loved one with a prescription drug problem, people are often unsure which detox program is best. Choosing the right program co... Read >
Author: Rod MacTaggart22nd August 2005
Prescription drug addiction is becoming a major problem in America. Prescription drugs are being prescribed for a wider variety of reasons and quite frequently, greatly increasing the chances that they will be misused. There are several disturbing presc... Read >
Author: Damian Sofsian22nd August 2005
A forum is a place where a group of people comes together to discuss a common issue. With the rise of the Internet, many forums are now conducted online. These online forums, also called newsgroups, are good places for people to get information or share... Read >
Author: Damian Sofsian19th August 2005
In recent years, the prescription drug addictions of many public figures have come to light. One of the most tragic personal prescription drug addiction stories in recent years is that of radio commentator Rush Limbaugh. He achieved a level of fame, wea... Read >
Author: Damian Sofsian19th August 2005
It seems that prescription drugs are being prescribed more than ever. Doctors prescribe drugs for pain, for mental health, and for insomnia. The majority of the people who are prescribed these drugs use them responsibly, taking the correct dose just unt... Read >
Author: Damian Sofsian19th August 2005
There are many common signs that people addicted to prescription drugs often exhibit. Prescription drug addiction symptoms are pretty universal, occurring in most addicts, such as an increased tolerance for the drug, and physical dependence on the drug. ... Read >
Author: Damian Sofsian19th August 2005
There is help available for people addicted to prescription drugs. There are countless inpatient and outpatient programs around the world that are specifically created to help people kick their drug addictions. These programs usually include detox cente... Read >
Author: Damian Sofsian
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