It’s amazing how many people fall into prescription drug addiction because of a medical situation.

Here’s the story of Mykel Hunter, 19-year-old girl who started using painkillers when she was 10 because she had kidney stones. She was in and out of medical treatment for 7 years, but at age 13 she started taking more painkillers than were prescribed. She’s 19 now, trying to quit, but still taking things one day at a time.

Where were her doctors!? They were there to get her on the drugs but seem to have disappeared when it came to getting off them. Getting off opiates by yourself is just about impossible – especially when you’re taking as many as she was.

And why weren’t her doctors monitoring things closely enough to know she was taking more than prescribed?

A lot of people are in this situation – it is so easy to get addicted to prescription painkillers. Doctors need to be more responsible when prescribing these drugs. And patients need to know all their options and the potential dangers so they can really make informed decisions about taking addictive drugs or not.

There are ways to get off these drugs – contact Drug Rehab Referral to find an addiction treatment center that’s right for your situation.

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