The first-ever large-scale study to look at treatment options for prescription painkiller addiction has shown that these treatments – much like painkillers themselves – can be a double-edged sword. Roger Weiss, HMS professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, is the lead author of the study.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/11/08/for-painkiller-addicts-suboxone-means-freedom-dependence/
