BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb 2, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Waismann Institute, a world-renowned opiate dependency treatment center, today released findings of its 2004 Opiate Dependency Report, which shows that 56 percent of patients’ opiate dependencies began with medication prescribed by their doctors. The findings are based on a survey conducted of patients receiving treatment…
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By Paul Goldenheim, M.D. In the past few weeks, the Orlando Sentinel has reported on several new state and federal initiatives to address the problem of prescription-drug abuse in Florida. State Sen. Burt Saunders announced hearings to examine Medicaid fraud as it relates to the illegal diversion of prescription drugs; a separate task force, headed…
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As profiled on The John Walsh Show Rush Limbaugh’s recent admission that he was addicted to the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin thrust the rarely discussed issue of prescription drug addiction into the national spotlight. Prescription drug abuse is now the fastest growing type of drug abuse in the U.S. Today, we hear the gripping emotional…
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WASHINGTON – Kelly Knable, a 34-year-old mother of three from the Richmond, Va., suburb of Powhatan, didn’t have time to be sick. So when Knable was recovering from surgery that fused several vertebrae in 1998, her doctor minimized her downtime by placing her on a regimen of prescription drugs: first a narcotic called Lortab, then…
DetailsWASHINGTON — Kelly Knable, a 34-year-old mother of three from the Richmond, Va., suburb of Powhatan, didn’t have time to be sick. So when Knable was recovering from surgery that fused several vertebrae in 1998, her doctor minimized her downtime by placing her on a regimen of prescription drugs: first a narcotic called Lortab, then…
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Waismann Institute ® Doctor comments on Oxycontin Addiction They were invented to stop the pain, the kind that travels up the spinal cord, and they’re remarkably effective at it: the synthetic opioids developed since the 1970s can mute the agony of slipped disks, deteriorating joints, tooth decay and even terminal cancer. IF THAT WAS ALL…
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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ANDERSON COOPER, HOST (voice-over): Rush Limbaugh addicted to painkillers. Tonight, the conservative talk show host on his way to rehab. What happened in Kobe Bryant’s hotel room? Shocking testimony comes out in court. Wesley Clark…
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It wasn’t hard to detect the glee last week when the National Enquirer published allegations that Rush Limbaugh was addicted to prescription painkillers. Al Franken, liberal un-funnyman, sneered that if the allegations were true, he was “looking forward to the perp walk.” The ultra-liberal Website DemocraticUnderground.com smirked, “Yup, if the rumors are true, Rush Limbaugh…
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Thousands of Americans rely on prescription painkillers to relieve pain and discomfort from ailments such as headaches, menstrual cramps, surgery recovery, or lingering pain from an injury. Unfortunately, however, this reliance on medication can easily and unknowingly turn into physical dependence for many. The scary fact is that the most commonly prescribed drugs, including OxyContin,…
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Only an addict can describe the euphoria that comes from that first outlaw hit of Oxycontin. Only an addict can describe the sheer torture of trying to quit the narcotic painkiller known as “Hillbilly Heroin.” Jon Riley Hays, M.D., knows about both. Hays, formerly a family practice physician in the Southern Illinois town of Herrin,…
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