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The recent death of super star Michael Jackson brings up the question once again whether we as a society have become so obsessed with prescription drugs that we are beyond repairing the problem?

I hate to be negative, but we are now heavily a media driven culture. We still watch a lot of TV, get our daily news fix, and then get our daily fix of prescription drug commercials. Pop this pill and your pain will go away. Pop that pill and you will start feeling happy again.

The reality as I see it is that prescription drugs are still drugs and they have plenty of addictive qualities.  Taken too often, or combined with too many other prescription drugs can lead to bad results or even death.

It seems obvious to me, or do I have it wrong?

Anna Nicole Smith, Elvis, and Michael Jackson all died from causes related to misuse or abuse of prescriptions drugs? Or do I have that wrong?  Maybe it is just my own theory, but I think there is something to it.  Maybe these individuals used too many of these at once, only to have disastrous consequences.

Maybe I am too old fashioned or just plain stubborn, but if I have back pain or severe back pain I am probably going to take some prescription drug pain medicine for at least a while and see how I fare alone.  But certainly I am going to try to limit how many other RX drugs I am taking at the same time if I can help it.  And if I must take more than a handful of them at once I would have to verify with several doctors that the combination I am taking is not putting my health at risk or putting too much strain on my heart.

So I say, when in doubt, leave the prescription drugs out. Cos you just don’t need that many of them. Period.

Take control of drug dependency by checking for prescription drug addiction symptoms so you can refer them to treatment and recovery centers.