Addiction to Prescription Medication
on 02/03/2010 08:13 am
by Dr. David Vilabrera
Patients please beware!
Lately I have been getting a lot of patients coming in and requesting medications to help them sleep – the number of people coming in wanting this was not very large, but noticeable. I prescribed the medication until one day I got a letter from the NY State Department of Health warning me about a patient to whom I had prescribed the medication to several months before – she had been going to several physicians in the area and getting prescriptions for the same medication from all of them – me included. The authorities suspected that she either had an addiction problem or was getting the medication so that she could later on re-sell it. That is what I believe is known as diversion – a term used by the US Drug Enforcement Agency to describe this illegal activity. The State Authorities were advising me to be on the lookout for her – sure enough a few days later she came into the clinic and again requested the medication. I showed her a copy of the letter that the State Health Department sent to me and told her that they were watching not only her but me as well, so there will not be any more prescriptions for that medication being written for her by me anymore. I even gave her a copy of the letter so that she would have proof – and she left very annoyed. Drug abuse is not something that involves heroin, cocaine, and other known drugs – there are medications that some feel are no big deal but can lead to a big addiction problem. I try to explain to many of the people who come to the clinic that this stuff can either put them in misery or kill them, and that they do not have the money for the fancy rehab clinics that the celebrities can check into from time to time. I get yelled at by some, ignored by many others, yet a few take my advice. For your own protection, do not get into the “I need a pill for everything” mentality – that will certainly put you on the path to addiction, which is very difficult to get away from. Protect your own life – addiction is worse than slavery – as you become your own worst enemy.
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02/07/2010 at 9:43 pm
Dr. Vilabrera: Thanks for your honest assessment and sharing of your experiences as a physician servicing clients in Brooklyn. When people think of people abusing drugs, they’re not thinking that it can be prescription medication but that’s increasingly the case. Please continue to share your real life advice and stories with us all.
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