Tranquilliser addicts need help

A powerful drug is improperly prescribed for chronic use, despite its high risk of addiction. Statistics show a dangerous trend of abuse and overdose. Opioids? Nope. More Americans are taking sedatives known as benzodiazepines — and more of them are abusing them as well, recent studies show. Once seen largely as the province of psychiatrists,…

Jeg fikk voldsomt angst, ble mørkeredd og fikk kraftige kramper Tore Bakken (67) stolte på at medisinene legen skrev ut ville hjelpe ham. – Det er det dummeste jeg noen gang har gjort, sier han. Det var i Spania, tilbake i 2004, at Tore Bakken (67) forsto hva som var galt med ham. Han hadde…

This physician shares his story Say the words, “drug addiction,” and most of us think of heroin, alcohol, cocaine, or opiates. However, lurking in the shadows is a less talked about epidemic: addiction to benzodiazepines, commonly known as “benzos.” I should know because after taking a nighttime dose of lorazepam (Ativan) for about ten years;…

Prescription drug overdoses have become alarmingly common in the U.S., with opioid painkillers, such as Vicodin and Oxycontin, among the drugs most frequently making headlines. New research shows another class of drugs — benzodiazepines or “benzos” — is rising in the ranks of overdose deaths, however. Prescriptions for such drugs, which include brand names Valium,…

STEVIE Nicks has been around the block a fair few times but looking back on her debauched lifestyle now she’s a pensioner, the Fleetwood Mac singer has revealed her anguish over never having children. Stevie Nicks, 62, believes a crippling addiction to prescription medication prevented her from fulfilling her dream of becoming a mother. “The…

In the new documentary ‘How To Make Money Selling Drugs,’ Em opens up about his battle with prescription pills. Eminem rediscovered his fire — and returned to prominence — on 2010’s Recovery, the album where he came clean about his addiction to prescription pills and his struggle to remain sober. And now, in the new…