Narcotic ‘Lollipop’ Becomes Big Seller Despite FDA Curbs
While pregnant with her second child three years ago, Tiare Frontera suffered from bad migraines. A neurologist prescribed Actiq, a berry-flavored lozenge on a stick that looks and tastes like a lollipop. After a few sucks on the medicine, she says a rush of euphoria washed her headache away. Soon, Mrs. Frontera, who had struggled […]
I Was Addicted to Painkillers
Hollywood Confidential: Vicodin Addiction
Risky Rapid Detox Vows Results
Mike Brown’s descent into prescription pain pill addiction began innocently when he was given Vicodin by a dentist after a root canal. “In three days I took all 30 pills and got hooked,” he said. “I couldn’t believe the high. It became a quest to find doctors who would write me prescriptions.” The Salt Lake […]
Methadone Addiction: Methadone – Friend or Foe?
Methadone Addiction: The United States has added yet another menacing substance to the ever-growing problem of drug abuse. Methadone, a medication typically used as replacement or maintenance for opiate-dependent patients, has become the substitute drug of choice for heroin and the popular painkiller turned street drug, OxyContin. The Drug Abuse Warning Network reported that across […]
Doctors find little humor in TV’s handling of painkillers prescription drug addiction
In a heavily promoted live episode of “Will & Grace” that NBC recently broadcast, the title characters opened a linen closet in the palatial bathroom belonging to their wealthy friend Karen Walker. Out gushed hundreds and hundreds of pill bottles, a river of amber-colored plastic. The studio audience went wild. Karen’s fondness for booze and […]
Instant Detox
Bryan Peterson sat on the toilet in the master bathroom of his Palm Springs, California, home and tried to find a vein between his knuckles. It was virgin territory – he had never injected himself in a spot he couldn’t cover up. But now that he’d been fired from his job in the estimating department […]
The Busy Woman’s Detox
Rep. Lynch Addresses Subcommittee Hearing on Oxycontin
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 — Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass. (9th CD), issued the following statement: OPENING STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN F. LYNCH HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS FIELD HEARING “OXYCONTIN AND BEYOND: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF FDA AND DEA IN REGULATING PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS” Firstly, I would like to begin by welcoming Chairman Candice Miller to […]
Detox Fast Or Slow
Detox Fast Opiate addicts endure a grueling withdrawal process when they decide to go clean. The pain is intense, the suffering significant. A handful of doctors promise patients they can speed up these agonizing steps via rapid detox, a catch-all term indicating a swift withdrawal process via the use of opioid-antagonist agents typically done while the […]
