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In 2008, Heath Ledger, a highly acclaimed actor died at the age of 28 from a lethal combination of prescription drugs.
Primum non nocere is a Latin phrase that means “First, do no harm“.
Nonmaleficence, which derives from the above phrase, is one of the fundamental precepts of medical ethics all medical students are taught in medical school. In other words…it may be better not to do something, or even to do nothing, than to risk causing more harm than good.
Valium made it’s way into to the suburban home to relieve stress of the modern housewife in the 1960s. Its original purpose was to treat seizures, relax muscles and be used in preparation for surgeries. Oh and by the way, it relieved anxiety and we are off!
Generally, medical doctors will prescribe drugs to their patients without fully explaining the side effects (or the classification of the drug) to the patient, such that he or she has a clear appreciation and understanding of the consequences of taking that medication. The legal term for this is “informed consent”.
Painkillers are now killing more people than heroin and cocaine COMBINED according to recent DEA statistics.
We at Pür Detox have seen a tremendous increase in opiate addiction and clients requiring opiate detox and treatment.
According to those same DEA statistics opiate painkiller sales – which are ONLY for the registered and legal distributors of opiates – rose 90% between ’97-’05.
Will anyone be considered normal anymore? Changes are due to be made in the Diagnostic Statistics Manual in 2013. The last DSM (DSM-IV) came out 16 years ago. The proposed changes for the next DSM have been a decade in the making. The changes include broadening what use to be considered a fact of life (mild sadness and bad feelings) and turning it into a psychiatric illness that is to be treated with medication. Has something upset you mildly or do you have “mild anxiety depression”? Are you angry at something or do you have “temper dysregulation”? It is painfully obvious that the pharmaceutical industry is using this to increase their profit margin even more. This new addition of the DSM intends to codify and label any and all human woes for simplification of diagnosing any all people for standardization of insurance coverage and medication distribution. Anyone and everyone can be labeled with a disorder.
Four years ago, a 4 year-old child died from an overdose of legally prescribed medications. Rebecca Riley was 2 1/2 years old when she was diagnosed, after a half hour psychiatric evaluation, with ADHD and Bipolar Disorder. This diagnosis was based off of the little girl seeing monsters at night. Yeah, a 2 1/2 year-old saw monsters and was put on heavy-duty medication. She was put on a cocktail of Clonodine, Depakote and Seroquel. Tufts-New England Medical Center (the employer of the psychiatrist) stands behind their employee, saying the care Rebecca received “was appropriate and within responsible professional standards”.
Heroin (also known as “smack”) is a powerful narcotic which re-gained increasing popularity in the 1990′s and continues to gain popularity with men and women. Heroin is the main component in the opiate family. Heroin is a white to brown powder or gummy, black, tar-like substance derived from the opium poppy. It is injected directly into a vein, sniffed, or smoked. The opiate group of drugs include naturally occurring (opium poppy extracts), and synthetic drugs commonly used for their analgesic (pain relief) and cough-suppressing properties. Morphine was isolated from opium in the early 1800′s and was widely available without prescription until the early 1900′s when the non-medical use of opiates was banned. Withdrawal symptoms continue to be the greatest obstacle in heroin detoxification treatment. Studies concur that there is no proof that one detoxification treatment is better than another. Relapses continue to occur in numerous cases around the world therefore making heroin detoxification a monster of an addiction. Statistics show that the average heroin addict will stop and start detox 10 to 25 times in their lifetime relapsing to heroin use every time.
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