Addiction Medicine

Taken as Prescribed, Addiction Risk is Low

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 22nd, 2007

The abuse of prescription pain medication in the United States appears to be on the increase. Michael Hooten, M.D., Director of the Pain Rehabilitation Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, answers questions on pain medication misuse and addiction in an interview in Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource.

How common is addiction to pain medication' Some estimates say that 10 percent to 40 percent of people with chronic pain misuse opioids -- narcotic pain medications such as hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab); morphine; oxycodone (OxyContin, Roxicodone); hydromorphone (Dilaudid); meperidine (Demerol); and methadone. Women, especially, should be aware of the risks, because they are...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-03-22)

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