A mother from suburban Hartford, Conn., had a life-saving drug on hand when she truly needed it. One evening last spring, she found her son, who had recently returned from an addiction treatment pro-gram, unconscious in his bedroom. He had relapsed and overdosed on heroin. [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Reader Comments
I think it is great that we do have the opportunity to use a drug to save someone from an overdose. But what does this say about us?
At Novus Medical Detox Center we treat patients who became addicted to OxyContin—legal heroin, through an MD. Then they used heroin and OxyContin interchangeably.
What we need is to provide treatment to these addicted people to allow them to be drug free.
Steve
http://novusdetox.com
The truth is- no matter how many people decide to go to rehab, some will still relapse. I’m happy that this woman was able to help her son, and I hope more programs like this will assist families of addiction patients receive access to this drug.
Ashley,
You are totally correct about how wonderful it was that she was able to help her son and about how many will relapse. However, I know a number of people who were heavy addicts that have not relapsed.
My point is that we should hope and pray that they go to rehab, not just on another addictive drug or that they can’t do it.
Steve
http://novusdetox.com
I think it is great that we do have the opportunity to use a drug to save someone from an overdose. What we need is to provide treatment to these addicted people to allow them to be drug free.
Ultimate Acai Max
Hurricane, you are so correct.
Steve
http://novusdetox.com
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