Managing Your Pain: How to Use Prescription Drugs Without Becoming Addicted

Be smart if you take prescription opioids—and find alternative forms of relief

October 26, 2009 RSS Feed Print
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As for Braa-Heidner, she's stopped using the drugs that got her in trouble. She soon plans to start, with the help of her psychiatrist, slowly tapering off Suboxone. The drug "has helped me in regards to normalizing my life and getting me out of the ups and downs of taking pain meds every four hours, so I am grateful for that," she says. "I am feeling quite good about my life right now, and I am looking forward to succeeding at healing myself and getting off of Suboxone." It's time to put all the drugs aside.

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