By Richard Crasta
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"Doctors are legalized drug pushers. The doctor's interests and the patient's interests are misaligned."--Deepak Chopra, M.D.
In this shocking personal and public interest story, the author of 12 books, one of which was praised by Kurt Vonnegut as very funny, exposes the secret terrorist in his life. The carelessness of doctors and the blind greed of drug companies results in millions of accidental and life-destroying addictions, says this former spouse-cum-patient of a New York psychiatrist.
Though an occasional Michael Jackson or Whitney Houston story may dominate news for a few days, all over the world, negligent doctors are quietly creating addicts out of patients; instead of healing you, a doctor may have enslaved you to a drug such as a Benzodiazepine, which can be surprisingly difficult to free yourself from.
And what if your doctor, who addicted you to a chemical without a conscience, was paid and bribed by drug companies to do it? What if she ignored warnings and did it lazily and with no care for your long-term well-being? What if he/she prescribed it without giving you all the necessary cautionary warnings, and if as a result you are hooked for life? What ethical questions does this raise?
Why are Benzodiazepine addictions so under-reported by the media and so low in the hierarchy of addictions?
This story combines a writer's personal story with the story of thousands of people worldwide who are in similar predicaments. A different and much shorter version of this book was briefly published earlier under the title "Benzo Land: How Doctors and Drug Companies Enslave Us.""Doctors are legalized drug pushers. The doctor's interests and the patient's interests are misaligned."--Deepak Chopra, M.D.
In this shocking personal and public interest story, the author of 12 books, one of which was praised by Kurt Vonnegut as very funny, exposes the secret terrorist in his life. The carelessness of doctors and the blind greed of drug companies results in millions of accidental and life-destroying addictions, says this former spouse-cum-patient of a New York psychiatrist.
Though an occasional Michael Jackson or Whitney Houston story may dominate news for a few days, all over the world, negligent doctors are quietly creating addicts out of patients; instead of healing you, a doctor may have enslaved you to a drug such as a Benzodiazepine, which can be surprisingly difficult to free yourself from.
And what if your doctor, who addicted you to a chemical without a conscience, was paid and bribed by drug companies to do it? What if she ignored warnings and did it lazily and with no care for your long-term well-being? What if he/she prescribed it without giving you all the necessary cautionary warnings, and if as a result you are hooked for life? What ethical questions does this raise?
Why are Benzodiazepine addictions so under-reported by the media and so low in the hierarchy of addictions?
This story combines a writer's personal story with the story of thousands of people worldwide who are in similar predicaments. A different and much shorter version of this book was briefly published earlier under the title "Benzo Land: How Doctors and Drug Companies Enslave Us." Read more
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