Category: Prescription Drug Addiction

It’s easy to assume that a prescribed medication is perfectly safe, especially since it comes from a licensed physician and is used to treat diagnosable symptoms. While this belief is valid, the fact of the matter is abuse of prescription pills, like Adderall, has steadily risen over the past 15 years due to non-prescribed drug […]

Millions of people experience injuries or medical issues every day that leave them dealing with physical pain and anguish. It is not uncommon to visit a doctor’s office or emergency room to properly deal with these injuries to allow the body to recover from whatever damage it has experienced. However, far too often people are […]

Overcoming an addiction may be the hardest challenge your loved one will ever face in their life. The physical toll and emotional damage that a substance use disorder can inflict on their mind and body can leave them struggling to simply exist. Once your loved one achieves sobriety and begins piecing their life back together, […]

For many people living with opioid addiction, dealing with feelings of excessive depression and anxiety can be a daily struggle. The problem with co-occurring disorders – like an opioid addiction occurring alongside an anxiety disorder – is trying to figure which disease originated first and which disorder is impacting you more severely. In all honesty, […]

What is an epidemic? The terminology alone can conjure up thoughts of social devastation and mass hysteria, such as uncontrollable diseases plaguing society or extinction level occurrences wiping out whole sections of the planet. The reality of an epidemic, however, can prove to be deceivingly sinister and far harder to gauge and monitor. It can […]

Maybe you experienced an injury or medical complication that required or a prescription for painkillers. Or perhaps you just wanted to do some innocent experimenting to see how the pills would make you feel. Regardless of how your prescription drug use started, you may realize your use or dependency leans towards addiction and is affecting […]

  Are you taking more pain medications than prescribed? If so, you could be one of the millions of Americans dealing with prescription drug addiction. Most people think of street drugs when they think of drug abuse, but addiction to prescription medication has skyrocketed in the U.S. in recent years. Prescription drug abuse is running […]