Many of you aren’t addicts. You are physically dependent on prescription pain killers but you don’t take them for the “high”. You take them to “feel normal” and to help treat pain that was once there but now has been replaced by a mirage that feels like pain. And...

I’ve been really surprised at the significant amount of husbands, wives, parents, sisters and friends of people who have gotten stuck in the opiate addiction cycle that have come to Withdrawal-Ease for help. They all want the same thing; they want their loved ones back. And they’ll do...

Reason #4: “Your Children Know and They’re Concerned”

This reason is titled incorrectly because it could easily be a family member or a friend who “knows” and is “concerned.” On the “Top Ten Reasons To Quit Pain Killers” page Posted by george in Uncategorized on 11 10th, 2009

Julian M.: Can you tell me how long it takes to get addicted to pain killers? What should I look for as far as behavior etc. etc. to know that I (or someone else ) am addicted

Dr. Earthman: There is not a definite answer as to how long it takes to get...

Hi everyone. We have been meaning to start a message board here due to the immense amount of questions that we get for both Dr. Earthman and myself. Keep them coming. However, as a good preemptive step, we’ve started a new group on Google called “Pain Killers Anonymous”. It’s...

Jerrod C.: “If you have a bad heart can Oxycontin withdrawals kill you?”
Dr. Earthman: Detoxing from any substance has potentially damaging physical symptoms.  A person’s level of withdrawal will depend on what drug(s), how much, how often, how...

I would say about 75% of my visitors here are taking Vicodin or some other derivative of Hydrocodone. It’s a popular drug to say the least and doctors give it out like candy for all sorts of aches and pains. As funny as it sounds, I think it’s a good drug and it controls pain quite well...

If you have been doing research on the topic of opiate addiction, you probably have come across a few different options and if you are like me, none of the options seem very appealing. Rehab is too expensive ($30,000 for 30 days, and up), it takes too much time and frankly is not what I needed. Rapid...

Question from Linda F.:
“Is it possible for someone to taper off Vicodin, and lessen
the withdraw symptoms?”

Dr. Earthman:
“Yes.  Typically lowering the average dose...

I’d like to announce a major development at Withdrawal-Ease that will help us continue to profoundly improve our product both on and off-line. Although we have always liked to think of ourselves as a “healthcare” company, the FDA doesn’t...

First of all I’d like to apologize if there were any hiccups on our website recently; we’ve been updating content and making changes in the navigation. With that aside, we’re very excited to present the new Withdrawal-Ease.com!

We’ve added a couple of new sections with...