The death—a suspected cocaine overdose—of a successful Long Island dermatologist has brought the issue of doctors and addiction back into the spotlight. Shop ▾ In medical school, I spent time rotating through an addiction medicine elective. This subspecialty focuses on those who suffer from substance use disorders, including those who abuse heroin, cocaine, alcohol, or prescription anxiolytics or narcotics. Back then, I was most fascinated by the addiction to prescription narcotics, because after having had my wisdom teeth removed, I remembered feeling 10x worse after taking a tablet of hydrocodone for pain. My attending doctor at the time informed me that those with a towards...
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