Opioid Abuse – Prescription Drug Abuse: Seductive, Sedating Drugs Can Wreak Havoc on Your Health and Life

Opioid Abuse – Prescription Drug Abuse: Seductive, Sedating Drugs Can Wreak Havoc on Your Health and Life By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Prescription drug abuse is a major health problem in the United States with Opioids leading the pack of drugs that are abused. People on the street usually refer to Opioids as narcotics. Opioids are powerful pain relievers and consist of OxyContin, Percodan, Percoset, Morphine, Vicodin, Dilaudid, Lortab and Codeine. Pain, the fifth…

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Opioid Abuse – Prescription Drug Abuse with Carl R. Sullivan, M.D.

Tune in on Friday, July 20th from 5:30pm to 6:00pm EST. Carl Sullivan, MD will join Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA, Host and Executive Producer of Health in 30® to talk about addictions to pain medicine. Click here to read Opioid Abuse – Prescription Drug Abuse: Seductive, Sedating Drugs Can Wreak Havoc on Your Health and Life by Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA. Click here to read Opioid Dependence by Carl R. Sullivan, MD Carl…

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