The painkiller OxyContin can be plenty dangerous if you knowingly abuse it, but it has long posed real dangers of overdose, as well, to those who had little thought of getting high. Cutting a pill in half may sound like a swell way to get just a little relief on a day when that chronic [...]
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“People have seen the headlines related to Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith and they think that’s tragic but maybe contained to Hollywood,” Dr. Jeffrey H. Coben of West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown told Reuters Health. “But the fact of the matter is we are seeing, across the country, very significant increases [...] Edward Yaekle was addicted to heroin for more than 16 years. At one point, the Anoka resident spent $50 a day for a bag and eventually became a dealer. Four years ago, he woke up in the Anoka County Jail for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Realizing the drug could kill him, Yaekle, now 44, sought treatment. [...] It’s a provocative question, but as the public’s never-ending quest for gossip and the lurid details of celebrity lives continues to persist, stories of their alcohol-fueled escapades and drug use can make people curious. In a Time magazine article on Michael Jackson’s use of the powerful anesthetic Propofol, Dr. David Sack of Malibu, said, “Whenever a [...] By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY Jones, 50, was trying to relieve chronic pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis. Yet after taking the painkiller Percocet safely for 10 years, the stay-at-home mother of three became addicted after a friend suggested that crushing her pills could bring faster relief. It worked. The [...] |
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