How To Deal With Prescription Drug Misuse
Chris Cordell
January 21, 2021
Drugs don’t have to be illegal to be problematic. Prescription drug misuse and prescription drug addiction is widespread and growing.
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Help Them Stop: Talking to Loved Ones about Prescription Drug Abuse
Help Me Stop
July 3, 2020
You don’t have to be an addict to have a problem. Read our latest article on prescription drug abuse and how you can help a loved one quit before it gets worse.
Prescription Drugs: A Script for Life?
Help Me Stop
February 28, 2019
The historical case of Dr. Conrad Murray, and his relationship with Michael Jackson, highlights how easily a straightforward process can become confused in a way that most patients find hard to understand.In an ideal world one would like to think that getting a prescription from a doctor was a straightforward procedure. You go to the doctor with a complaint and he, or she, writes you out a prescription for medication that will make you better. You feel good because you have been heard. You have validation that you actually were ill and not just imagining it. The doctor feels satisfied that they have sent a patient away with the answer to their presenting ailment. The prescription, the currency of care, gets converted into pills, or ointments, and everyone is happy.