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Dr. Drew Says Pain Meds To Blame For AM Falling Off The Wagon
Posted on Mon Aug 31, 2009 08:21 AM PDT
Celebrity Rehab host and addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky says the pain meds DJ AM was taking for painful burns sustained after a harrowing plane crash may have "reawakened" addiction in the formerly sober DJ.
"It very slowly and subtly reawakens addiction," Pinsky told the AP. "I'm not saying it was inappropriately prescribed, I'm saying he didn't know the risks."
DJ AM, who had beat an addiction to crack and ecstasy, was set to debut a show on MTV, "Gone Too Far," about people struggling to kick their own addictions.
"I am a recovering drug addict," AM said recently while promoting the show. "When I see it and I'm in their room and the paraphernalia and the whole lifestyle and everything, I still, 11 years later, have that little thing in my head that starts thinking, 'Oh, where's that? I wonder what that is?'"
Although AM wasn't found until Friday afternoon in his New York apartment, he texted two friends that morning at 1am. Police are still trying to piece together an exact time and cause of death as they wait for the toxicology reports.
Although we need to wait for the reports, I think it's pretty obvious what killed Adam. The only question is why?
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DJ AM's Mom Adds Wrongful Death Claim Against Plane Manufacturer - Nov 14, 2009
A Closer Look At DJ AM's MTV Series - Oct 09, 2009
AM's Death Ruled An Accidental Overdose - Sep 29, 2009
Comments
Boo Fucxing Hoo....another loser drug addict bites the dust.
These doctors need to STFU. First of all, Drew was not the treating doctor and shouldn't make medical evaluations of someone he hasn't examined.
Hello, Medical Board??? Why aren't you going after these media whore doctors who are violating medical ethics to get their name in the paper?
This is typical of the recklessness and sleaze of the medical profession today.
Drew used to have some gravitas and credibility but in recent years seems to have become another media whore.
Also, this guy was taking all kinds of drugs so it could've have been the crack or something else. The facts are not in and Drew should STFU.
His reckless comments feed the hysteria that already exists over pain meds. Pain meds are not addictive to everyone and serve a legitimate and much needed medical purpose. Feeding this media hysteria only results in doctors practicing more self-serving defensive medicine and not prescribing properly for people with true medical need.
If Drew is truly concerned about substance abuse and addiction, he should go after the biggest one of all - Alcohol.
No one seems to be at the wheel of the medical profession anymore, and it has driven way off the rails.
I agree with 10:59....Doctors are so freaked out now, they will not prescribe pain meds when someone really needs them!