What do Prince, Chris Farley, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman all have in common?
Besides being super-talented and gone before their time… they all died from accidental drug overdoses. All 3 of these celebrities had been dealing with an addiction to opiates (what pain medicine is made of).
With nearly 300 million prescriptions written annually in the United States alone, it’s no wonder that prescription drug addiction is a growing concern.
You don’t have to be a celebrity to fall victim to opiate addiction. I suffered from a back injury in 1995 and my life was changed forever.
I was prescribed prescription painkillers and muscle relaxers while I awaited surgery… which I finally had a year later. I was dependent on the pain killers to function but that dependency eventually turned into a full-fledged addiction.
I didn’t set out to become addicted to the prescription pain killers, but it happened anyway. Could this have been prevented?
Here are 5 ways to identify a potential problem with prescription drugs — especially painkillers — and what can be done to achieve a successful recovery.
Read more: Prescription Drug Abuse: 5 Ways To Avoid & Overcome Addiction To Prescription Painkillers