| Did you know that the likelihood of getting addicted | | | | is to get help from a drug rehab organization. These |
| by prescription medication is much more likely than | | | | programs are experienced and offer solutions to your |
| recreational drugs on the street? Most people do not | | | | problem with counseling and coaching. They can help |
| realize they have a problem, until they decide they | | | | you with addiction by slowly weaning you off the |
| do not want to take the pills anymore. These | | | | drug and replacing your dependency with a unique |
| patients usually wish to stop taking meds because | | | | thought process. Unfortunately most prescription |
| they can no longer live with the side effects. When | | | | addicts simply do not recognize they are in any type |
| they stop taking the drugs they are subject to | | | | of trouble. Studies have shown, however; that long |
| withdrawal symptoms; some severe, and that means | | | | term use with most prescription drugs result in |
| they have to get back on. This vicious cycle is called | | | | complications later in life. Eventually they will run into |
| drug addiction and for many people it is very | | | | problems if they do not see what is coming. |
| frustrating. | | | | Of course there is some medication that you simply |
| This type of drug addiction is largely ignored because | | | | cannot get off of, like most heart medications. You |
| most people do not know there is a problem here. | | | | still need to consult with your doctor first if you think |
| That means drug rehab is simply not an answer; | | | | you may have an addiction problem. Do not accept |
| something else has to be the cause. What do most | | | | any new medication from your doctor as a solution. |
| patients do? They head back to the doctor to get a | | | | Several doctors are very good at writing |
| diagnosis of their problem. The doctor, in turn, simply | | | | prescriptions; in many cases they are actually paid to |
| replaces one medication with another and sends | | | | guide their patients to some new drug. This makes |
| them on their way. Now the patient grows a | | | | the job of drug rehab clinics much more difficult that |
| dependence on the new drug. This is a no win | | | | it should be. If your doctor insists on getting you a |
| situation as well. | | | | new prescription, simply choose a new doctor who |
| The only way you are going to be able to beat this | | | | will care for your needs as well as your health. |