If you have been prescribed opioid painkillers for a medical condition, you may be concerned about becoming dependent on or addicted to the medication, and for good reason. It’s reported that more than 2 million people misused prescription opioid drugs in 2017 alone, and more than 20,000 Americans overdose and die from these pain relievers every year. With numbers like...
Living with an opioid addict is definitely challenging. Addiction isn’t a condition that only affects the person taking the drugs, it affects everyone who is around that person. It has the potential to tear families apart – and it does so in many cases. People who care for someone who is addicted to opioids is likely to feel a range...
There isn’t any demographic among Americans that is unaffected by the current opioid epidemic. An increasing number of Americans are losing their lives due to opioid addiction and overdoses each year. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that the current state of the epidemic follows the same path that it has been for the last two decades...
