Opioid Dependence Quotes

“Though the drugs were prescribed to treat the pain of physical wounds, the guys also used them to bury the emotional ones that doctors largely neglected.”
― Karie Fugett, Alive Day: A Memoir

“I didn't know at the time that it was common for people to use prescription drugs to cope with PTSD. I didn't know that the more opioids someone takes, the more sensitive they become to pain, making the opioids less effective. I didn't know that the number of veterans addicted to their prescribed meds had tripled that year. I didn't know there was an epidemic, not just at our hospital but country-wide, and it was just reaching its peak. The thing is, it wasn't my job to know.”
― Karie Fugett, Alive Day: A Memoir