Posted by Annabelle on June 25, 2001, at 5:37:57
In reply to Re: Addictive meds » JCB, posted by Elizabeth on June 25, 2001, at 2:50:07
> The term "addiction" is confusing. This is due, in part, to changing definitions. Twenty years ago, any drug that had a characteristic withdrawal syndrome was considered "addictive," and people who took such drugs (regardless of how they took them) were uniformly considered "drug addicts." It was a relatively simplistic and objective definition.
Thank you for your voice of WISDOM. I think I mentioned this, but my Dad, who is 91 does not want to take any sleeping meds, even though he has a life-long history of sleep problems (which my brother and I seem to have also)because he does not want to become ADDICTED! Dad also suffers from life long depression. In the 40s and 50s whenever he had some Benezedrine he felt better. He begged the family MD to let him have some 'only for when he felt 'lousey and down'', but that was looked upon as ADDICTIVE. He was born before the days of AntiD's, but if the doctors had let him have small doses of Benezedrine, I believe it would have made a great difference in his life, and our entire family.
Annie
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