Για όσους νομίζουν ότι οι Δυτικοί έλυσαν τα προβλήματά τους με τα χάπια, είναι εξαιρετικό αυτό το άρθρο από τους New York Times Addicted to Painkillers, Unready for Help By PAUL CHRISTOPHER, M.D. Monica Almeida/The New York Times “I’m addicted to painkillers,” J., a thickset construction worker, told me on a recent afternoon in the emergency room, his wife at his side. Two years before, after months of pain, stiffness and swelling in his hands and neck, his primary physician had diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and had prescribed three medications: two to slow the disease and one, oxycodone, for pain. Bolstered by the painkiller, J. had felt more limber and energetic than he had in years. “I could finally keep up with the other guys,” he told me. He worked harder, and his pain worsened. His primary physician increased the oxycodone dose. Soon, J. was looking forward more to the buzz than to the relief the pills brought. He went to see two other phy...
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