OxyContin Addiction: How One Little Table Causes Such An Uproar
by Rachel Dissell, News-Record Staff Writer Doctors who specialize in pain management and cancer treatment are cursing recent media coverage that trumpets only the alleged evils of OxyContin, an opiate that burst onto the market in 1996 after approval by the Food and Drug Administration. Pain practitioners praise the drug as a miraculous leap forward […]
OxyContin Addiction: Patients Tell Both Sides of Drug Debate
Some tout the prescription painkiller OxyContin as a lifesaver that enables them to cope with chronic pain and live a “normal life.” Others who have taken the drug call it a “hell pill” that is highly addictive, even if taken as directed. Jeanette Murray, a registered nurse from the New River Valley area in Southwestern […]
Hollywood’s Vicodin Addiction
Vicodin, it’s the hot new drug for pain and pleasure and, now, more Southern Californians than ever are popping handfuls of these pills becoming Vicodin junkies. Some say it’s harder to kick Vicodin than heroin. So, why are they doing it? And how are they getting it? Unit 13’s going undercover to find out. For […]
Addicted to Vicodin
EXTRATV : “Addicted to Vicodin” Vicodin is the trendy pain pill that is getting Hollywood high. People are popping the drug at parties like candy. David Spade joked about the painkiller at the recent star- studded Golden Globe Awards. Controversial rapper Eminem includes lyrics about Vicodin in his music and even tattoos it on […]
‘Friends’ Star’s Matthew Perry Addiction to Vicodin is Latest Painful Hollywood Vice
Matthew Perry’s Vicodin Struggle: Hollywood’s Underlying Battle with Addiction Matthew Perry, who entered rehab almost two weeks ago, can’t seem to kick it. Eminem has a Vicodin tattoo on his arm and a picture of a Vicodin tablet on his Slim Shady LP. David Spade cracked a joke about it on the Golden Globes telecast. […]
