When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know about Oxycontin and Other Prescription Drugs - Softcover

Pinsky, Drew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159285107X ISBN 13: 9781592851072

Verlag: Hazelden Information & Educational Services, 2004

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Book by Pinsky Drew Seppala Marvin D Meyers Robert J Gardi

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A timely guide to the misuse and abuse of prescription painkillers that sorts the facts from the fiction for legitimate users and their loved ones.

If you are concerned about a loved one's use of pain medications, you need to read this book, When Painkillers Become Dangerous Whether prescribed by a physician as OxyContin or purchased on the street as "hillbilly heroin," painkilling drugs are extremely effective in eliminating physical, emotional, and psychological distress. The problem is that these drugs are also incredibly addictive. Misuse of and addiction to prescription pain medications has become America's latest, complex, and alarming drug abuse trend. In fact, an estimated 2.6 million people currently use prescription pain relievers non-medically-a dangerous practice that could quickly reach epidemic proportions. Best-selling author Drew Pinsky, M.D., and five other leading experts offer practical, plainspoken, and much-needed information about addiction to painkilling drugs. They will help you understand:How addiction to painkilling medication developsWhat to do if a family member is addictedWhat happens in addiction treatmentWhy addiction is a family disease

Biografía del autor:

Drew Pinsky, M.D., author of the best-selling book Cracked: Putting Lives Together Again, is program medical director of chemical dependency services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California. Dr. Pinsky is co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Loveline," and the long-running MTV program of the same name. He is also well known for his work as a correspondent for ABC news, Good Morning America, and as a regular contributor for CNN.

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• Verlag: Hazelden Information & Educational Services
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 159285107X
• ISBN 13: 9781592851072
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192