Drug dealer, MD : how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop

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Drug dealer, MD : how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop

Title remainder

how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop

Statement of responsibility

Anna Lembke, MD

Creator

• Lembke, Anna, 1967-

Subject

• Analgesics
• Drug addiction
• Drugs -- Prescribing
• Medication abuse
• Physician and patient

Language

eng

Summary

Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States alone, 16,000 people die each year as a result of prescription opioid overdose. But perhaps the most frightening aspect of the prescription drug epidemic is that it's built on well-meaning doctors treating patients with real problems. Combining case studies from her own practice with vital statistics drawn from public policy, cultural anthropology, and neuroscience, Dr. Anna Lembke explores the complex relationship between doctors and patients, the science of addiction, and the barriers to successfully addressing drug dependence and addiction. Full of extensive interviews -- with health care providers, pharmacists, social workers, hospital administrators, insurance company executives, journalists, economists, advocates, and patients and their families -- Drug Dealer, MD is for anyone whose life has been touched in some way by addiction to prescription drugs. Dr. Lembke gives voice to the millions of Americans struggling with prescription drugs while singling out the real culprits behind the rise in opioid addiction: cultural narratives that promote pills as quick fixes, pharmaceutical corporations in cahoots with organized medicine, and a new medical bureaucracy focused on the bottom line that favors pills, procedures, and patient satisfaction over wellness

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

615.7/83

Index

index present

LC call number

RM319

LC item number

.L46 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography