Prescription Drug Addiction – How Do I Know Theres a Problem?
07/10/2008 One of the major reasons why people delay getting help for prescription drug addiction –is that they don’t realize there’s a problem. The delay, of course, causes other problems: The longer the drugs are being taken, the more difficult it can be to get off them and, worse, the greater the chance of illness, injury, or fatal overdose. Find out whether what you’re dealing with is prescription drug addiction and, if so, what to do about it. Prescription drug addiction is, in many ways, exactly the same as addiction to cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, or any other drug. It looks different because the person taking them is often a fine upstanding citizen – maybe a college student on the threshold of a brilliant career, a lawyer, doctor, accountant or business owner. Or the mother of a great family. Not the stereotypical drug user. Nevertheless, the problem they have is the same as the drug user on the street neighborhoods that many people suffering from prescription drug addicti
