iatrogenic addiction


addiction caused by medical treatment (e.g., liberal use of opiate -n-lgesics in a hospital setting or by a physician that leads to opiate addiction).
i went in for back surgery and they kept giving me morphine. now that i was sent home they gave me a prescription for oxycontin. i just can’t seem to stop taking them. now my doctor says that i have iatrogenic addiction. wtf am i supposed to do now?

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