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[Following is a volunteer review of "The United States of Opioids" by Harry Nelson.]
The United States of Opioids: A Prescription For Liberating A Nation In Pain
By Harry Nelson
Author Harry Nelson,is an expert on U.S healthcare and a leading healthcare lawyer. In his book, The United States of Opioids, he gives the readers insights about the opioid crisis in the United States. He writes about the history of how opioids started in the American culture and not to continue the failing strategy used in pain management and opioid addiction. He includes case studies and information vital to doctors, nurses, healthcare providers and to patients struggling with the addiction.
The author centers on the misuse of opioids leading to the addiction to prescribed pain medications and in most cases, death. Opiates are highly addictive substances used for both medicinal and recreational purposes. He uses people who have high-profile in the community as well as regular citizens as an example of people who are greatly affected in the opioid crisis. Some well-respected celebrities have spoken about their addiction to opioids— including heroin, fentanyl and prescription painkillers—, and although a lot of celebrities were able to recover from opioid addiction and continues to promote sobriety, but there were also a lot of celebrities who lost their lives due to drug overdose.
Addiction does not target specific people, it does not consider a persons socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture, age, and sex. Addiction only needs one weak moment to strike, to break a person under a lot of pain and pressure with no one to turn to for fear of criticisms or judgement. People sometimes use opioids to self-treat their depression, anxiety, loneliness and sometimes to dodge reality and responsibilities.
This book could be used as a starting point to develop an effective way to approach the needs of people recovering from the addiction, people who are yet to recover from the addiction, their families and people whose lives opioid crisis has affected. This book not only provides us a sequential layout of how the opioid crisis started in the United States but it also encourages us to explore possible solutions to resolve this ongoing struggles with opioid dependence.
Opioid dependence has been a long-standing problem in the American culture and this book is an eye-opener for people to find ways to discuss and fix this issue. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I would recommend this book to people struggling with the addiction, people with family and friends struggling with opioid addiction, people interested in alternative medicine for pain management, healthcare providers wanting to understand more about the challenges with regards to addiction and pain treatment.
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The United States of Opioids
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The United States of Opioids: A Prescription For Liberating A Nation In Pain
By Harry Nelson
Author Harry Nelson,is an expert on U.S healthcare and a leading healthcare lawyer. In his book, The United States of Opioids, he gives the readers insights about the opioid crisis in the United States. He writes about the history of how opioids started in the American culture and not to continue the failing strategy used in pain management and opioid addiction. He includes case studies and information vital to doctors, nurses, healthcare providers and to patients struggling with the addiction.
The author centers on the misuse of opioids leading to the addiction to prescribed pain medications and in most cases, death. Opiates are highly addictive substances used for both medicinal and recreational purposes. He uses people who have high-profile in the community as well as regular citizens as an example of people who are greatly affected in the opioid crisis. Some well-respected celebrities have spoken about their addiction to opioids— including heroin, fentanyl and prescription painkillers—, and although a lot of celebrities were able to recover from opioid addiction and continues to promote sobriety, but there were also a lot of celebrities who lost their lives due to drug overdose.
Addiction does not target specific people, it does not consider a persons socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture, age, and sex. Addiction only needs one weak moment to strike, to break a person under a lot of pain and pressure with no one to turn to for fear of criticisms or judgement. People sometimes use opioids to self-treat their depression, anxiety, loneliness and sometimes to dodge reality and responsibilities.
This book could be used as a starting point to develop an effective way to approach the needs of people recovering from the addiction, people who are yet to recover from the addiction, their families and people whose lives opioid crisis has affected. This book not only provides us a sequential layout of how the opioid crisis started in the United States but it also encourages us to explore possible solutions to resolve this ongoing struggles with opioid dependence.
Opioid dependence has been a long-standing problem in the American culture and this book is an eye-opener for people to find ways to discuss and fix this issue. I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. I would recommend this book to people struggling with the addiction, people with family and friends struggling with opioid addiction, people interested in alternative medicine for pain management, healthcare providers wanting to understand more about the challenges with regards to addiction and pain treatment.
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