pain killer addiction
pain killer addiction
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-05-08
Chronic pain affects one out of three or four adults; millions of people suffer from severe disabling pain. If you think you are addicted and want to get off pain killers or other drugs, it's best to ...
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-05-18
Treatment options for pain killer addiction include: medications, such as methadone and LAAM (levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol), and behavioral counseling; usually, the patient is medically detoxified befor...
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-05-23
Physical dependence on a drug suggests that sudden stopping of the drug may result in negative consequences. Addiction to pain killers is an escalating problem today, especially the abuse of opioid pa...
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-05-31
Many chronic pain patients may be under-treated as a result of doctors who are trying to gain control over pain killer addiction, they report. If you are addicted to pain killers or other drugs or thi...
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-06-07
More than 415,000 people received treatment for pain killer abuse or addiction this past year. Patients can innocently start taking pain killers after a moderate injury or because of a severe injury i...
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-06-20
Once a patient, addicted to pain killing drugs, has completed detoxification, the treatment provider must then work with the patient to determine which course of treatment is best for the patient. Oft...
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-06-29
Some simple facts: Chronic pain affects one out of four adults; millions of people suffer from severe disabling pain. Once a patient addicted to pain killing drugs has completed detoxification, the tr...
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by Kausik Dutta - 2007-08-16
Addiction to prescription painkillers is a disease that has become increasingly prevalent in the United States as well as many other industrialized nations. Narcotic pain medications, also known...
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-08-22
If one is physically dependent on a pain killer, sudden stopping of the drug may result in negative consequences. And a person exhibits compulsive behavior to satisfy their craving for a pain killer o...
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by Helen Hecker - 2007-10-11
When you're addicted physically to any drug, like pain killers or alcohol, etc., it's because you've suppressed or shut down your body's production of endorphins, which are natural opiate pain k...
