Research Shows That Self-Medication by Doctors’ Cause Abuse of Prescription Drugs

In a study that was published in the journal of addiction medicine, it was reported that abuse of prescription by the doctors is due to self-medication. This study that involved focus group discussions indicated that most of the prescription abuse conducted by physicians are due to self-medication. Emotional pain, physical pain and stress are some of the ways through which the drugs are abused. The study findings also revealed that physicians also abuse prescribed drugs to get high and excited as other drug user. ”there is additional evidence that health care professionals who misuse prescription drugs may represent a special population of substance users, said Dr.Merlo in reference to this. The researchers recommended adoption of control strategies that will eliminate substance use within the entire population. They however, emphasized on starting with physicians who abuse prescription drugs before moving to others under addictions that would require effective interventions to prevent them from further abuse.