Painkillers Addiction

Prescription Painkiller Addiction

Dependency on prescription painkillers often starts with a common injury, surgery or condition:

• You experience frequent pain or discomfort.
• You were in a car accident.
• You slipped and fell.
• You lifted a heavy box at work.
• You pulled a muscle while playing golf or tennis.
• You strained yourself working out at the gym.
• You had back surgery.
• You have fibromyalgia or severe arthritis.
• You are recovering from an operation or cancer treatment

You started pain medication for discomfort

Your physician prescribed a painkiller to help you manage the pain. Weeks or months after the initial injury has healed, you still take opioid painkillers likeVicodin®, OxyContin®, or Percocet®. Perhaps in an even higher dosage than at first.

1. You realize now that you cannot do without the prescription painkiller.

   The drug meant to help you now hurts you. In addition to your pain from the initial injury or a fear of medical treatment, you now experience the painful discomfort of withdrawal. Your pain has not eased, but intensified. We see patients who had treated a level-2 or 3 pain, after one year using painkillers, jump to level 8 or 9.

2. Know that you are not the only one.

   Approximately 75% of our patients suffer from a dependency on painkillers like OxyContin®. We recognize that patients became physically dependent on prescription painkillers, or other opiates, through no fault of their own. We help you change the story. This chemical imbalance requires expert medical treatment in a safe, humane and effective environment.