Part III: Percentage of Women Seeking Anesthesia-Assisted Detoxification for Painkiller Dependency on the Rise According to Waismann Method Survey
According to The Waismann Method Opiate Dependency Survey,
the percentage of female patients seeking treatment for opiates, which
includes Vicodin ®, OxyContin ®, Lortab ®, Norco ®, Percocet ® and Suboxone ®,
rose 12 percent in the past year. Seventy percent of female respondents
confirmed that their dependencies began after taking legitimate doctor-prescribed
medication. Oxycontin ® and Vicodin ® remained the most commonly abused
opiates for the third year in a row and Suboxone dependency is also on
the rise, according to Dr. Clifford Bernstein, medical director for Anesthesia
Assisted Medical Opiate Detoxification Inc. (A.A.M.O.D.) and practitioner
of the Waismann Method.
“We are seeing an increase in female
patients seeking treatment for dependency to painkillers, and our statistics
show these patients are wives and mothers that unwittingly developed
a physical dependency to painkillers after seeking assistance from
their doctors for pain,” said
Bernstein. “The increase doesn’t come as a surprise
as these potent pills are prescribed for anything from back pain to migraines
headaches. In these cases, the prescribing physicians need to educate
patients about the dangers of opiate dependence. In turn, patients need
to ask themselves if their pain warrants the use of prescription medication
or if an over-the-counter pill would provide adequate relief.
”Because their dependencies are often a physical reaction to the prolonged
use of opiates, a medical treatment that is going to remove that reliance
and allow them to begin anew without opiates in their system is an appropriate
last step, explained Bernstein.
“Anesthesia-assisted detoxification
cleanses the opiates from the body and reduces the cravings, allowing
these women to return to their normal lives in a short time,” he
said.
Additional findings
of The Waismann Method Opiate Dependency
Survey include:
An overwhelming number of women, at 92 percent, said that the
directions for taking the opiates were clear and easy to understand,
but only 38 percent indicated that their doctors enforced those
directions.
Fifty-five percent of women who answered the survey
received prescriptions from only one doctor, while 31 percent sought
treatment from multiple doctors.
For 50 percent of female respondents,
withdrawal symptoms were the number one reason they were not able to
stop taking the drug without help.
Thirty-one percent of women obtained
prescription medication by ordering over the Internet.
Of female respondents,
52 percent were married at the time of treatment, and 64 percent had
children.
Drs. Clifford A. Bernstein is
the medical director of Anesthesia Assisted Medical
Opiate Detoxification Inc. (A.A.M.O.D.). A.A.M.O.D.
uses the exclusive Waismann Method of Rapid
Detox to treat opiate dependency. Performed
in a hospital intensive care unit, the Waismann Method involves cleansing
the opiate receptors in the patient’s brain of the narcotics while
the patient is under anesthesia, reversing the chemical imbalance. During
the procedure, the patient will experience minimal conscious withdrawal,
and will be able to return home within days. 75
percent of the prescription drug dependent patients
who are treated with the Waismann Method remain drug
free after one year.
