{"product_id":"9781456808143","title":"Opioid-Based Prescription Drugs, America¦s New Cocaine: A Patient's Own Story","description":"\"I chose to write this book because I recognized that there was a correlation between street addiction and patient addiction to prescription medications and the culture of fear and stigma that currently exists in many pain clinics today.\u003cbr\u003eBecause of the explosion in the abuse of opioid-based prescriptions too many doctorâs have become suspicious of their patients. In their defense, theyâre being investigated in some circumstances so theyâre making a genuine effort to cleanse their clinics of the abusers, most especially, the addicts that arenât really suffering at all (addicts masquerading as patients).\u003cbr\u003eUnfortunately, pain doctors sometimes get it wrong when theyâre oversuspicious of legitimate patients needing an increase in their dose or quantity to relieve their chronic suffering. This also causes patients who take their medications as prescribed to fear their doctors when they have a legitimate need to increase their medicationâs strength.\u003cbr\u003eThis book was not written to attack pain management specialists. Many have even opened addiction clinics in their own practices in order to address this epidemic, and others are doing their best to prove that theyâre not overprescribing anymore. Opioid-based prescriptions are fi rmly settled in to the number-two-spot on the list of âmost abused drugs in America,â ahead of Cocaine and behind Marijuana. Prescribed opioids are Americaâs New Cocaine, for now.\u003cbr\u003eItâs my sincere hope, however, that opioid-based prescription medication will lose its newfound status as soon as possible.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143529840880,"sku":"9781456808143","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456808143_p0.jpg?v=1763858123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456808143","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}