Painkiller Addiction

There has been reference to Painkiller addiction in the news lately because of the death of Michael Jackson, I used to think it was a made up illness, after all, how come only celebrity’s seemed to get it. but I’m sad to say its very real, I myself have suffered and indeed do still suffer from it. though I am pleased to say I am in the final stages of beating it,  this particular affliction has no quick fix, only by weaning yourself  under your GP’s guidance with a very strict schedule can you hope to overcome it. If I stick to my schedule, which I am finding it a little hard to at the moment, I should be able to say I am over it by mid August.  Compared to the extent of other peoples addiction and I refer to celebrity’s as we “ordinary’s” don’t have our problems plastered all over the papers, mine was relatively mild, It happened without me really realising it, at the beginning of the year I suffered very badly with back problems and was given as part of my treatment a drug called Tramadol, I didn’t know at the time but this particular drug is one of the worst culprits, I also know now why it’s still widely  used it, even though its addictive qualities are well known. Its cost,  Tramadol is cheap.  It’s hard to describe how it makes you feel, but it is similar for want of a better example of a Heroin addict as portrayed in TV shows. The agitation the moodiness the sweats its all there, As I said earlier mine is by normal standards mild, but I can imagine how bad Michael Jacksons was as he had  suffered for the best part of 30 years. since his first meeting with the surgeons knife he had been on painkillers, as with a lot of medication the more you use it the more a tolerance your body builds up, so you have to increase the dose which in turn feeds your dependency. when the final  Autopsy  and toxicology results come in I bet we find he was on hundreds of tablets a week. The number of people who suffer from this worldwide is in the millions, Doctors should be a little more careful while trying to save money when doling out prescription painkillers.