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"Three days later officials in northwestern Indiana discovered young teenagers trading powerful prescription painkillers on a school bus. Sergeant Tim Emmons of the Porter County Sheriff's Department told the Post-Tribune of Gary that officers had found three hydrocodone pills and five oxycodone tablets hidden in a sunglass case belonging to a fifteen-year-old boy. Both drugs are opioids, a class of painkillers that also includes the illegal drug heroin. The boy told the authorities he had taken the narcotics from his parents' lockbox. He took them, he said, "for fun and to get high." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "Prosecutors later charged Limbaugh with illegally obtaining prescription painkillers from more than one doctor to feed his habit. He pleaded not guilty to the charges but agreed to settle with prosecutors by submitting to random drug tests, continuing treatment for his addiction, and not owning a gun. Tens of thousands of Americans have not outlived their addictions." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Pain Treatments How Not to Get Addicted To Painkillers ush Limbaugh, radio personality, made headlines when he admitted that he was addicted to prescription painkillers. His • announcement may have discouraged some people who have chronic pain from getting appropriate treatment, but Limbaugh is not typical. Addiction is rare when prescription painkillers are used properly. The most powerful class of painkillers—opioids, such as codeine, morphine and oxycodone (Oxycontin)—are potentially addictive, but less than 1% of pain patients ever become addicted." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Many pharmacists will limit customers to this dialogue: "Well, you can choose these prescription painkillers, or you can go with these over-the-counter drugs and just up the dosage. It's your choice." Sometimes doctors will tell you the same thing. It's just over-the-counter drugs versus prescription drugs, because let's face it, many of the drugs are the same, they're just in different doses when they are at prescription level. So, you can essentially write your own prescription by doubling or tripling the over-the-counter dosage of common drugs. Brand name vs." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"Acute episodes may be treated with supplemental oxygen, intravenous antibiotics, prescription painkillers, and blood transfusions. Healthcare practitioners typically advise people with sickle cell anemia to avoid high altitudes, to maintain an adequate fluid intake, and to receive vaccinations. Occasionally bone marrow transplants are recommended." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Addiction is rare when prescription painkillers are used properly. The most powerful class of painkillers—opioids, such as codeine, morphine and oxycodone (Oxycontin)—are potentially addictive, but less than 1% of pain patients ever become addicted. People who take these drugs can develop a drug tolerance and then require higher doses. If they stop taking the drug, they may experience withdrawal symptoms, such as heightened anxiety and pain, but they rarely exhibit the hallmark signs of addiction. Warning signs of addiction... •Diminished ability to concentrate. •Fixation on the drug." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

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